{"id":143005,"date":"2022-02-02T04:23:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T03:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=143005"},"modified":"2022-02-02T04:26:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T03:26:55","slug":"wike-speaks-on-2023-election-says-politicians-taking-southern-region-for-granted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/02\/wike-speaks-on-2023-election-says-politicians-taking-southern-region-for-granted\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike speaks on 2023 election, says politicians taking southern region for granted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has stated that politicians are taking the south for granted on the issue of zoning the presidential ticket to the region.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Monday by Nyesom Wike<span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u00a0during a meeting of stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/01\/suspected-hoodlums-vandalise-burn-down-gombe-pdp-secretariat\/\">(PDP)<\/a> in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">According to a statement by Kelvin Ebiri, his spokesperson, Wike\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"acssf62a8\">said members of the PDP, irrespective of the region they come from, must work together towards achieving positive results in the 2023 elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cPlease, discountenance anything you\u2019re seeing and hearing; all those social media posts,\u201d he was quoted as saying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cThe south will make a statement very soon. It is not about you\u2019ll be vice-president to this or these people are consulting.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"acssf62a8\">The day the south makes a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/31\/two-nigerians-arrested-in-india-with-multiple-passports\/\">Nigerians<\/a> will know that we are not joking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cIt\u2019s not to come out to say you\u2019re consulting. You\u2019re consulting, yet, you\u2019ve declared. Is it not after consultation that you declare? You\u2019ve already declared and you say you\u2019re consulting. What are you consulting again then?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cAnd people take the south for granted, saying that they are not together. No problem. If we didn\u2019t know yesterday, today we know.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"acssf62a8\">We are assets. We are not a liability. When we say we are going to support the party, we support the party with everything we have. We are not in America where you do television campaigns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cWhen we come out, we will choke them. They know it. So, everybody should relax. Let the south do their homework and then, they\u2019ll make a proper statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cWhat is necessary is how the party must be cohesive; to make sure that the party gets it right. When you threaten that it must be north, then you\u2019re not trying to make peace or when you threaten it must be south, you\u2019re not trying to make peace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cIt\u2019s a matter of sitting down and understanding; look at this and that. That is the way it\u2019s supposed to be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Wike also urged party supporters to disregard the recent comment made by Raymond Dokpesi, former chairman of Daar Communications and a PDP chieftain, on the zoning of the presidential ticket to the south in 2027.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has stated that politicians are taking the south for granted on the issue of zoning the presidential ticket to the region. This was stated on Monday by Nyesom Wike\u00a0during a meeting of stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital. 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