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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, has debunked report that he would leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over presidential running mate battle.
This was contained in a statement signed and released by his media aide Kelvin Ebiri in Rivers state on Wednesday.
Recall that a video surfaced online where Wike was threatening to leave PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In his statement,Ebiri announced that the video was an attempt to mislead the public.
Ebiri further explained that the video was an excerpt of an old interview that Wike granted while reacting to the defection of the Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, from the PDP to the APC.
The statement reads in part: “Governor Wike has repeatedly maintained that he will never, under any circumstances, defect from the PDP, which has offered him the platform to excel in his political career.
“We urge the public to ignore the distorted video. Those behind it are desperately wicked and intend to mislead the public. Governor Wike remains a faithful, committed member of the PDP and will never leave it for the cancerous APC,” the statement read in part.
The PDP is battling ahead of deadline to submit the name of its presidential running mate and Governor Wike has been tipped as one of the favourites to be picked.
TheNewsGuru.com recalls that Governor Wike, who came second in the PDP Presidential Primaries has been voted by a selected committee to pick a Vice Presidential candidate for Atiku Abubakar, as the VP candidate. But this is awaiting ratification today by the party