The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s special assistant on public communication, Phrank Shaibu, has accused President Bola Tinubu of wanting to reward the outgoing Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, with a cabinet position.
According to Shaibu, Wike received the ministry job as a token of gratitude for manipulating the Rivers State presidential election in Tinubu’s favour.
He maintained that the outcomes in states like Rivers demonstrated how dubious the 2023 presidential election was.
In a statement he signed, Shaibu said it was tragic that Tinubu was planning on rewarding Wike with a ministerial portfolio despite the pending petition against the former Governor which has attracted nearly 300,000 votes.
The statement reads partly: “The Presidential election in Rivers State was clearly rigged as evidenced by what INEC has uploaded on IREV.
“So far, nearly 300,000 Nigerians have signed a petition on change.org demanding visa bans against Governor Wike.
“Tinubu is now on the verge of appointing Wike as a minister as a reward for that disgraceful election.
“What a shame. And this is the character who claimed to have fought for the actualisation of June 12?”
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