{"id":182980,"date":"2022-04-26T07:57:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T06:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=182980"},"modified":"2022-04-26T07:58:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T06:58:26","slug":"makarfi-to-wike-i-would-appoint-you-president-if-i-had-the-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/26\/makarfi-to-wike-i-would-appoint-you-president-if-i-had-the-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Makarfi to Wike: I would appoint you president if I had the power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former governor of Kaduna, Ahmed Makarfi has stated that if he had the power, he would make Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, the president of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Makarfi said he would have done this because of Wike\u2019s contributions to the \u201csurvival\u201d of the Peoples Democratic Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/26\/kaduna-bandits-release-kajuru-pdp-chairmans-family-members\/\">(PDP)<\/a> during its trying moments.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Monday by the former governor when\u00a0Wike visited Kaduna state for consultations concerning his presidential ambition.<\/p>\n<p>According to Makarfi, many people contributed to the PDP in so many ways, \u201cbut there is no single individual who contributed as he (Wike) did for us to have the PDP that we have today\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the court of appeal judgement came out\u00a0against us, and we knew we were right, everybody was running away,\u201d Makarfi said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen Wike called me and asked me: \u2018Are you ready for this fight?\u2019 I said yes. He said: \u2018We are going to reclaim our party; what do you need? How do we go about it? And the rest is history\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it is appointment, and I have the power to appoint, I would simply just appoint you and you will go home and rest. But it is democracy; it is convention; the delegates know those who have been with them and will continue to be within them; the party people know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I am vigorously working for it. Of all the investments you have made, you are not sitting back at home to say because I did A,B,C, and D, this should come to me. Day and night, you are working for it. That shows commitment. That shows the real desire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on Wike&#8217;s donation of\u00a0N200 million to victims of banditry in the state, Makarfi thanked the Rivers governor for his benevolence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not anticipate the enormous gesture you announced for the displaced and those affected by violence and banditry in Kaduna,\u201d Makarfi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are positively shocked by the huge donation you have given to the state to help the victims of banditry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not seen a single kobo from anybody in this direction. You gave this through the party because of the respect you have for the party. We are happy to be the facilitators. We really appreciate you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former governor of Kaduna, Ahmed Makarfi has stated that if he had the power, he would make Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, the president of Nigeria. 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