Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has debunked claims about him being the running mate to any presidential hopeful in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to the governor, no such agreement has been reached between him and any politician.
“Please discountenance anything you’re seeing about being VP to this and that. Discountenance all those social media talk,” he said on Tuesday during a stakeholders meeting of the Rivers State Chapter of the PDP at the Government House in Port Harcourt which had in attendance, party executives, national and state assembly members, LG chairmen, cabinet members, and other high-ranking members of the party.
The comments also come a day after it had been reported on some platforms that presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar, was planning to pick him as a running mate.
But according to Governor Wike, at the appropriate time, members of the party in the southern region will speak in one voice about their decision on the 2023 presidential election.
“The south will make a statement very soon and the day the south makes a statement, Nigeria will know that we are not joking.
“It is not to come out and say you are consulting. You say you’re consulting, yet you have declared. Is it not after consultations that you declare?”, he asked.
Meanwhile, also addressing the issue of agitations as a result of zoning, the Governor said what is more important is to focus on building a more united party.
“Those things are not necessary,” Wike said, adding; “what is necessary is that the party should be cohesive and to make sure the party gets it right.
“When you threaten that it must be north or threaten that it must be south, then you are not trying to make peace.”
Wike also spoke about the party’s chances to retain the Rivers State Governorship seat and the recent efforts by his administration to recover some critical assets of the state.