pardon<\/a> was a demonstration the corruption fight of the Federal Government was shrouded in despicable politics that had ridiculed Nigeria in the international community.<\/p>\nThe Governor spoke when he visited Niger State as part of his ongoing consultations with delegates of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP), ahead of the party\u2019s presidential primaries.<\/p>\n
The Governor said it was difficult to explain the rationale of the Federal Government in handpicking supposed corrupt persons, make them go through court processes up to Supreme Court and turned around to release them in the guise of a pardon.<\/p>\n
Wike, in a statement by his Special Assistant, Media, recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari promised to fight corruption headlong.<\/p>\n
He said Buhari\u2019s pattern was tilted against persons opposed to his policies and programmes.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cTo tell you the truth, this APC government has deceived us a lot. This is a government that said they\u2019re fighting corruption, they handpick people and jail them after they have gone through all court processes up to Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen they turned around to release from prison those people that they said are corrupt. What country and what a government?<\/p>\n
\u201cDoing it for political reasons because the elections are coming and they want (Joshua) Dariye to help their party in Plateau State. They want (Jolly) Nyame to help them in Taraba State. Why don\u2019t they give pardon to James Ibori for example<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at how they have made the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to prosecute and spend so much money. Then at the end of the day you played politics with it. How will the international community look at us? It\u2019s so shameful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wike told the delegates that he was resolved to end the era of lies by the APC to Nigerians, saying it was the reason he was vying for the ticket of the PDP.<\/p>\n
He promised to tackle the festering insecurity in parts of the country to allow farmers return to their farms and grow the economy.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThe day you give me the ticket is the day we will start to form the government, because by giving me the ticket, I know I\u2019ve won the election already.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is only when you\u2019ve given me the ticket that I\u2019ll make sure that I present, put together the best of professionals that will help me to run the affairs of this country.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeadership is the ability to organise and galvanised experts to do the work under adequate supervision and coordination.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wike said what he had done in Rivers was towering evidence of what he was prepared to do as president of Nigeria if given the opportunity to serve.<\/p>\n
He explained that he is a performer, a courageous person and Nigeria needed his fearless personality to salvage the country.<\/p>\n
Former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, urged the delegates to support Wike\u2019s ambition because he had the capacity to end insecurity and the country\u2019s infrastructural deficit.<\/p>\n
\u201cNigerians, if you want a decisive answer to this insecurity in Nigeria, then tell the PDP to wisely give you Wike as candidate so he will become president of Nigeria, because I know Wike will preside very well\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
A member of the PDP board of trustee, Senator Zainab Kure, said Wike was gender friendly and passionate about the party.<\/p>\n
Niger state PDP chairman, Tanko Beji, observed that the issues raised by Wike while addressing delegates were germane.<\/p>\n
Beji, who described the forthcoming PDP convention as do or mar, said PDP must not make the mistake of giving its ticket to someone who would end up being a sectional president.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThis party belongs to all of us. We need to put our resources and energies together to work for this party. We want a Nigerian president, not a southern president. We want a Nigerian president, not a northern president.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the focus. Gone are the days that we will be deceived. We can no longer be deceived. We have come a long way. We have suffered enough, we don\u2019t want to suffer again.\u201d<\/p>\n
He commended Wike for his commitment to the PDP and urged him to ensure that the party\u2019s reward system is overhauled.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you become president and by the will of God, you will, there is a need for you to give the party and the country a redirection. There is a need for you to change the reward system in the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cGone are the days when somebody will put in his effort, put in his cash, put in his energy , when we form government you put him behind, that is not party politics\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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