Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said his meeting with presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 general elections is in the best interest of Nigeria.
Wike disclosed this on arrival at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers, from their London trip, in company of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and his Abia State counterpart, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu.
Quest Times earlier reported that the Rivers governor alongside his allies, met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate Bola Tinubu, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, standard-bearer, Atiku Abubakar.
Confirming their meetings with the aforementioned, Wike stated; “This is the first time as a team that we are meeting with presidential candidates. We met with the candidate of the APC, met with our leader, former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. We met presidential candidate of Labour Party, met with our presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
“For whatever it’s worth, consultation is ongoing. Whatever we are talking about is for interest of Nigerians. It is not parochial and tied to one person or group of persons. We believe what is going on will be for the interest of Nigerians at the end of the day.
“Consultation is still ongoing. Never mind some people who do not believe in the existence of this country. Leadership is not about you and your family. Leadership is about everybody.
“It’s unfortunate that we are in a country now where a man finishes eight years as a governor and brings his own son as a governor too and as member of National Assembly.
“It’s only in this part of the world that you can see that, when we are talking about poverty everywhere. These are people who do not mean well for this Nigeria.”