Trouble in Paradise : Gov Wike attack PDP chieftain, Dokpesi, claims he is working for APC
There are indications that all is not that well among the various camps of the opposition, People’s Democratic Party, PDP as Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State threw shades at the Chairman of the Technical Committee for the Atiku Abubakar 2023 Presidential project, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.
Wike thinks that Dokpesi is a mole in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Only recently, DAAR Communications founder Dokpesi, announced that PDP Governors led by Wike, travelled to Europe to decide who will emerge the presidential candidate and vice presidential candidate of the PDP ahead of the 2023 elections.
Dokpesi also alleged that Wike is spearheading a move to impose his candidates on the party ahead of the 2023 elections.
It is common knowledge within political circles that Wike and Atiku are not exactly the best of friends.
In a statement issued on his behalf by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, Wike said he is convinced that Dokpesi is working for the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).
“I have always said to people in PDP, nobody should cause a division among the governors. We are trying as much as we can to build the party back and see that in 2023 PDP takes over governance,” Wike said.
He added that; “I have some suspicion that people like Raymond Dokpesi are not really sincere to the Peoples Democratic Party and I think I’m convinced that Raymond Dokpesi appears to be working for APC.
“I don’t understand where Raymond Dokpesi gets this information, this rumour that governors travelled to Europe to decide who will be the presidential candidate and vice presidential candidate of PDP. I wonder why governors will travel to Europe to make such a decision.
“I have told Raymond Dokpesi that there is nothing wrong with you preaching for the candidature of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Waziri of Adamawa, a very experienced man, an intelligent man, a strategist. But don’t destroy other people because of this. Because when you destroy them it will be difficult for the PDP to win the election in 2023.”
The Rivers governor added that should Atiku nick the PDP presidential ticket, the governors would rally behind him.
“We supported Atiku Abubakar when he won (PDP presidential ticket in 2019), and even if he wins now, the governors will rally round him, but when you destroy the governors and bring confusion, how will it work?”, he asked.
Atiku recently said there is nothing like ‘zoning the presidency’, in the constitution.
