This Book Launch Is My First Time In Abuja After Losing PDP Ticket – Wike

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has disclosed that he carefully avoided Abuja, the nation’s capital because it reminds him of events that took place on May 28 and 29.

Glamtush reports that he stated this at the launch of a book, “Selected Leading Judgments of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court,” authored by retired Justice Abdu Aboki.

The Rivers State governor said unlike the governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, who has lived off his loss at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election held in June, having lost to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Abuja reminds him of what played out at the PDP presidential primary in which he lost to Atiku Abubakar.

Wike said that the book launch was his first time in Abuja after losing the PDP ticket to former vice president Atiku Abubakar.

He joked, “When I landed and passed through the venue. I said I think My Lord intentionally wanted me to remember the 28 and 29 of May of what happened. I am not like Yahaya Bello who lost he comes to Abuja every day.”

Wike described Aboki as a consummate jurist who has left his name “indelibly in the sands of time and judicial history”.

Recall that since his loss of the May presidential primary election, the Rivers state governor and the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the national chairman, Ayu Iyorchia have been at dagger-drawn length.

Wike in his demand to work for the presidential candidate wants Ayu to resign from his position as the national chairman.

Ayu, Atiku and other leaders of the party vehemently disagreed with Wike’s demand. The disagreement still holds the PDP days to the official lifting of the ban for campaigns ahead of the 2023 election.