Fred Harrison, Abuja
The Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, on Friday denied ever going to court against the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku.
The Governor was reacting to reports on an alleged suit he purportedly instituted against PDP
Candidate praying the Court to replace Atiku with him as the presidential candidate of the PDP in of the 2023 general elections.
According to Wike in an exclusive interview with THISDAY, he wasn’t aware of the alleged court suit or the legal counsel that filed the suit.
“I don’t know anything about the so called suit. I did not ask anyone to file any suit for me”
Wike denied the suit which trended early morning of Friday, claiming that he and one Chieftain of the PDP, Mr Newgent Ekamon, had dragged the PDP to court in an attempt to get ruling against the candidature of Atiku as the PDP presidential candidate for next year’s election.
The suit marked: “FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022,” sought to claim that the PDP primary conferred undue advantage on Atiku, which facilitated his emergence as candidate of the PDP in the May 28 and 29 primary.
But denying the suit, Wike said the suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja, doesn’t have his signature.
He described the suit as the handiwork of mischief makers who merely want to use him to score cheap political goals.
“I don’t know the lawyers”. Continuing, he said, “am I a kid to be filing a suit at this time. I had 14 days after the primary within which to have filed any suit. I didn’t do that then, is it two months after primary I will file a suit?
“Just yesterday, they came up with the claim that I ordered my Chief Security Officer to pull down PDP flags in Government House. This is all false, it’s all propaganda. Some people are trying to use me to win the election. Please disregard all these lies”.