Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Sunday joined the long list of individuals who have officially declared interest to contest for the office of the President of Nigeria.
Wike, who made this known when he visited Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom at the Government House in Makurdi on Sunday, said he is the best candidate to deliver success for the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming 2023 presidential polls.
According to the Governor, he decided to contest for presidency in order to find lasting solution to the several challenges bedeviling the country.
He, therefore, urged stakeholders to give him their mandates and not to sell their votes, assuring that he has the capacity to, “face this evil government.”
In his words, “To remove APC from power, I’m the person who can tell them enough is enough. We must take this power and I’m ready to take it for PDP. God is with us, that’s why APC keeps failing every day.
“I stood for this party. I work for this party since 1998. I have nowhere to run to and that’s why anything that happens to this party I take personally. I have never relented.
“If you’re running election, power isn’t given for free; it is taken. I’ve come out and I’m going to take this power from APC back to PDP by the grace of God.
“God has given us what it takes. That’s why God is making APC to make mistake everyday and that is how you know that God is with you.
“Those who want to be president now were the problems of the party in 2015. They ran away when the party needed them most.
“But I have stood and worked for this party. I have nowhere to run to because I take it personally that the party should not die. And I challenge anyone in a debate what they did for PDP.”
With the declaration, Wike will battle with former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, among others to clinch the presidential ticket of the PDP.
