The Rivers State Governor and Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 presidential elections, Chief Nyesom Wike, said what Nigeria needs to come out of the insecurity is a field marshal not a coward.
“We need a Field Marshal in this election. They can’t rig me out. When I contested as Govenror they said this man can’t emerge but I emerged. I am not a politician who makes a promise and fails to fulfill it. Today in Rivers State, the high level of insecurity has come very low. It’s about commitment and courage
“The problem with our own system is that we have a President and you don’t know who’s in charge. If I am a Commander-In-Chief, I will be in charge”. He said.
Wike disclosed this in Awka, the Anambra State capital, during his meeting with the PDP delegates and other stakeholders of the party as part of his state wide consultations ahead of the party’s primaries on 28th and 29th May 2022.
According to the Governor, what the country needed at this perilious moment in the nation’s history is a courageous and fearless leader and not a President who doesn’t listen, consults widely or shares responsibilities in order to get positive results.
He described President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration as inept and inefficient leadership, stating that, “The only project the All Progressive Congress, APC, is executing is killing and kidnapping of innocent citizens and the only breaking news, is that of Insecurity.
“We are tired of such breaking news. The only breaking news we want to hear is getting results. It requires somebody who can sit down and tell the Service Chiefs to do something and get results. You don’t need to be a Commander-in-Chief and things are going wrong.
“The day I win this election, by February next year, let anybody who says he’s a bandit wait for me. I have too much energy, I want to use the energy to serve Nigeria.” He added.
He told PDP that what the party needs is a united front to be able to win the forthcoming general elections.
Wike appealed to Nigerians to elect him as the country’s next President in the next year’s election to enable him to tackle the problem of banditry, kidnapping and other crimes ravaging the nation.
The Governor urged leaders, elders and members of the PPD to work hard to win the next year’s election or forget about the PDP adding that the failure of the party at the next year’s presidental polls would determine the party’s existence.
He stressed that this period in the history of the party calls for hard work and doggedness.
According to Wike, he has enough energy as a young and vibrant politician and leader to confront bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements squarely as against the weak approaches and kid gloves with which the present APC Government is handling the worrisome situation.
“I think we can work together, listen and put your ears on ground. We don’t want to be in opposition again. We will make peace, I must tell you the truth, let’s work together
“I am the person out of all the aspirants who can withstand the APC. This is not time for theory, it’s time for action. It is for PDP to present somebody who will win the election. I have seen it all, I have fought the APC before.
“Nigerians know my position on everything. When I see something I say it. Give me your votes and go home and sleep, I will win the election. As a President, it’s my responsibility to organize, you don’t do the work alone. When you give me the ticket, I will go home to talk to Nigerians
“The war we are fighting is not a gentleman thing… I am not going to the Senate, am not going anywhere. The only place I am going is the Presidency and I will win”. He stated.
He commended the people of Anambra State for turning out en-mass to attend to him but asked them to give him their votes and not waste it.
A member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP, Chief Maxwell Okudo, while responding said, “We are here today because there was a party which it’s members were in dilemma before Wike singlehandedly vowed that the party would not die.”
Okudo stressed that with the current situation in the country, it takes a strong and courageous man like Wike to save the nation and her people.
