{"id":261865,"date":"2023-04-12T04:13:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T03:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=261865"},"modified":"2023-04-12T04:13:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T03:13:30","slug":"wike-begged-me-to-help-him-emerge-as-atikus-running-mate-dino-melaye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/04\/12\/wike-begged-me-to-help-him-emerge-as-atikus-running-mate-dino-melaye\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike begged me to help him emerge as Atiku’s running mate – Dino Melaye"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship aspirant in Kogi State, Dino Melaye, said Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, allegedly begged him to ensure Atiku Abubakar picked him as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n

Melaye alleged that Wike called him about 19 times in two hours, appealing to him to convince Atiku to announce him as the vice presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

He said Wike was only fighting Atiku because the former Vice President chose Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate despite entreaties from Wike.<\/p>\n

The former lawmaker stated these during an interview on AIT while reacting to Wike’s comment that he is not fit to become Kogi State governor<\/a> and that the PDP will lose if Melaye engaged as the party’s candidate.<\/p>\n

Recall that after losing the party\u2019s presidential primary to Atiku last year, Wike had refused to work with Atiku, saying the embattled chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, should step aside.<\/p>\n

Wike, in collaboration with other four governors, refused to work with Atiku, insisting the embattled chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, should step aside because cannot be from the same region.<\/p>\n

Reacting to Wike’s comment, Melaye said: \u201cWike has no iota of integrity. Wike was calling me when Atiku Abubakar was to announce his running mate. I have records and I\u2019m going to print them out. I\u2019m waiting for him. He called me 19 times in two hours, begging us to convince Atiku Abubakar to make him the vice presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was at the airport. I have the video. He spent hours in the airport waiting for me to call him that Atiku Abubakar has picked him as the running mate. He was at the airport here waiting, calling me. I have witnesses. He was begging, promising heaven and earth that Atiku should announce him. It was around 1 or so that I called him that, Oga, nobody go give you vice president. That\u2019s when he left and flew back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship aspirant in Kogi State, Dino Melaye, said Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, allegedly begged him to ensure Atiku Abubakar picked him as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. 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