The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has said he would not support the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) or any opposition party in their alleged plan to take over the leadership of the next national assembly.
The Informant247 recalls that there were speculations that some opposition camps were making efforts to take over the leadership of the national assembly despite the fact that the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has highest number of lawmakers-elect
Wike said he would not support the PDP to empower any of its members as leaders of the 10th national assembly.
He said federal lawmakers from his state, Rivers would not be part of the alleged attempt to take over the leadership of the next assembly.
He said members of the APC who are contesting for Senate Presidency and the Speakership have spoken to him about their political ambitions.
He said: “People have come to see me. Wase (Hon. Ahmed Idris) has come. Senator Godswill Akpabio has come, Governor David Umahi has come, and Uzor Kalu has called me on phone from the US severally. And what am I saying? I’m not from their party, but first of all, democracy entails that the majority should have their way.
“I have heard and read people saying that the opposition parties are meeting to take over the leadership of the National Assembly. They won’t take it. It’s not possible. Even me, I will not support that.”
He advised the PDP and other opposition parties to let the APC determine the principal officers of the house.
He advised the minority camps to form a solid opposition to challenge the ruling APC.
He said: “APC should still produce the leadership of the Assembly. Nobody should count Rivers State as part of the agenda to take over the leadership of the National Assembly. PDP can’t tell us that. Did they support us to win election? They can’t tell us that.
“I will not support that kind of move where you want to take over the leadership of the National Assembly as an opposition. I won’t do that. There are so many politicians who are very selfish. I’m not one of them.”
The Informant247 recalls that Wike was the leader of the G-5 governors who called for the removal of the national chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyorcha Ayu, in the build up to the February 25 presidential election, because he (Ayu) was from the same region as the presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
The Governors declared that the removal of Ayu would serve as their precondition to support Atiku, and therefore did not eventually support Atiku.