Wike Claims Peter Obi’s Group is Targeting Him, Explains Rejection of LP Presidential Candidate

Nyesom Wike reveals the internal conflict with Peter Obi’s faction as the reason behind his decision to reject Labour Party’s presidential candidate during the last elections.

Nyesom Wike, a former Governor of Rivers State, has claimed that Peter Obi’s group is now opposing him because he declined to align with them before the 2023 general elections.

Wike mentioned that Peter Obi and his lobbyists approached him extensively before the elections, but he declined their efforts because he believed Obi would not win.

While speaking in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Wike stated that he was unwilling to squander Rivers votes on a candidate he believed would not succeed.

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He stated, “Peter Obi’s team put a lot of pressure on me. They can’t deny it. But I told them that this plan wouldn’t succeed; Rivers State won’t support something that’s bound to fail. There’s also an alliance against us, and I’ve said ‘enough is enough.’ They’re trying to fight back but are only fighting among themselves.”

shares stories of claimed large-scale manipulation during the 2023 presidential election and alteration of result sheets to benefit Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, in Rivers State.

There were reports alleging that political enforcers, purportedly deployed by Wike, pressured voters to support a specific candidate. Additionally, there were accounts of vote-buying activities.

Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party each secured victories in 12 states. However, Tinubu was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for receiving the highest number of overall votes.