{"id":218111,"date":"2022-09-23T13:08:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=218111"},"modified":"2022-09-23T13:08:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:08:42","slug":"i-rejected-tinubus-senatorial-ticket-offer-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/23\/i-rejected-tinubus-senatorial-ticket-offer-wike\/","title":{"rendered":"I rejected Tinubu\u2019s senatorial ticket offer \u2013 Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said he rejected a senatorial ticket offer from the All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Wike stated that Tinubu offered him the senatorial ticket after the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/23\/2023-wike-reveals-his-two-major-pains-over-losing-pdp-presidential-ticket-to-atiku\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atiku<\/a> Abubakar, failed to fulfill his promise after he emerged as the PDP\u2019s presidential flagbearer.<\/p>\n<p>The governor stated this on Friday during an ongoing media parly in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.<\/p>\n<p>He said he turned down the former Lagos State governor&#8217;s offer and insisted that he would remain in the PDP despite his grievances, adding that he never contested the primary to settle for a vice-presidential or senatorial ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Wike said, \u201cI didn\u2019t contest so I can become a vice presidential candidate, I am not like others who were not serious and bought senatorial form alongside presidential form and that\u2019s why when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/23\/2023-presidency-were-not-committed-to-endorsing-tinubu-northern-bishops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu<\/a> offered me senate slot, I didn\u2019t go for it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Recall that on July 8 2022 some APC governors, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti; Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo and Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State met with Wike in Port Harcourt, Rivers State\u2019s capital ahead of the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Others in their entourage include the Ekiti State Governor-elect, Biodun Oyebanji; former Ekiti State governor and Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Ayodele Fayose, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Before the APC governors\u2019 visit, there had been reports that Tinubu and Wike met in France. 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