Dino Melaye, a former Nigerian lawmaker, has taken to social media to mock Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike for his actions before and during the recently concluded presidential election.<\/p>\n
In the February 25th election, the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was defeated by his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n
Atiku finished second behind the former Governor of Lagos State, with Peter Obi of the Labour Party finishing third.<\/p>\n
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that, among other states where he was defeated, Atiku was humiliated in Wike’s Rivers State.<\/p>\n
Wike and his G5 (five disgruntled PDP governors)<\/a> team had threatened to boycott Atiku’s presidential bid if he did not agree to their demands before the election.<\/p>\n Wike has openly and repeatedly chastised Atiku and the PDP leadership for not allowing the opposition party to field a candidate from the south. According to speculation, the Rivers Governor was instrumental in the victory of the ruling APC candidate, Tinubu.<\/p>\n Governor Wike raised more eyebrows when he mocked Atiku, declaring that he owes no one an apology after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Tinubu as the next President of Nigeria.<\/p>\n Melaye responded to Wike’s recent bravado on his microblogging page on Tuesday, saying the G5 governors were unimportant in the recently concluded elections.<\/p>\n Melaye, the PDP Presidential Campaign Council’s spokesperson for the February 25th election, warned Wike, telling the Rivers state governor to “bury his head in shame,” citing how some members of the G-5 failed in the election.<\/p>\n The Kogi State politician insisted that the G5 has no relevance in the just concluded presidential election.<\/p>\n The G5 who could not deliver themselves for their senate bid cannot be the ones claiming glory in purported Atiku loss. Even Wike outside thuggery and coercion of INEC officials had nothing to contribute to APC votes in Rivers, <\/em>Melaye wrote on Twitter.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n G5 has no relevance in just concluded presidential election. The G5 who could not deliver themselves for their senate bid cannot be the ones claiming glory in Atiku loss. Even Wike outside thuggery and coercion of INEC officials had nothing to contribute to APC votes in Rivers.<\/p>\n — Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@_dinomelaye) March 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n