The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Office has chastised Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike for his reaction to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls Wike saying he was concerned that the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had failed to secure the support of his former principal, adding that this could spell doom for the party in the 2023 elections.
Reacting, the Campaign Organization said in a statement titled “Wike’s Nonsensical Gaffe,” signed by Atiku’s Special Assistant, Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, that Wike dances like a village masquerade on live television every day with the same boring consistency, adding that the governor, who was once a shining light, has now become a laughing stock.
Shaibu described Wike as an infant who was acting as if his mother’s breast had been removed from his mouth, claiming that even if the breast was returned, he would continue to cry.
According to the aide, “He acts like a failed Tik Tok comedian desperately trying to amuse Nigerians with the same platitudes just because he lost the primary and also failed to emerge as the vice presidential candidate of the PDP,” Atiku Campaign said in the statement in which it quoted Proverbs 14:17 in the Holy Bible.
His constant weeping is like the blubbering of an infant taken off his mother’s breast. Wike’s cacophonous cry of hurt and inconsolable thrashing will never end even if the proverbial breast is put back in his mouth,” the PDP candidate’s campaign said.
At every turn of event, Atiku’s campaign maintained that “Wike comes forth with new episodes of his dramatic performances, noting that what is common to all his acts is that his vile verbiage and intemperate vituperations are symptomatic of a pathetically disruptive mind with a deep character flaw.
Further, Shaibu claimed that Wike had shot himself in the foot by claiming that Atiku’s candidacy was jeopardized due to his failure to secure Obasanjo’s support.
The aide mentioned Vice President William Ruto, who was unable to secure President Uhuru Kenyatta’s support, but the Kenyan people still believed in him.
Shaibu insisted that a leader’s endorsement of his deputy was not required, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari did not support Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as his successor.
In his latest attempt to mock Waziri Atiku Abubakar after former President Olusegun Obasanjo decided to endorse former Governor Peter Obi, Wike again shot himself in the foot.
According to the cantankerous and loquacious governor, the decision of Obasanjo to support Obi is evidence that Atiku is unfit for the presidency.
Going by Wike’s flawed logic, President Uhuru Kenyatta’s refusal to support his Vice President, William Ruto, meant that Ruto was unfit for office. The great people of Kenya, however, do not think in a flawed manner like Wike.
If we bring it closer to Rivers State, it means Wike’s deputy is incompetent hence his decision to anoint Siminialayi Fubara, as his successor. In fact Wike’s domineering attitude has made his deputy redundant, hence no one even knows who she is.
When has the lack of support of an ex-president ever translated to fitness of an office?
Finally, let me state that our decorous demeanour belong to us – they are not dictated by whether someone is intemperate towards us. We will hit back if we have to, but God forbid that we will ever descend to the level of the gutter that some people live in. Wike really needs to grow up and respect the office he holds, the PDP presidential candidate’s office added.