FORMER EDUCATION MINISTER WIKE WINS RIVERS PDP GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARIES WIKE WINS RIVERS PDP GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARIES
The former Minister of State for Education Nyesom Wike, has won the PDP governorship primaries in a contest boycotted by 16 aggrieved gubernatorial contestants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The election held at the Community Girls Secondary School, Mile 3, Port Harcourt had Wike as favourite. In his acceptance speech, Wike said he dedicated the victory to Almighty God and the delegates who reposed confidence in him to fly the party flag in the state. The venue of the primaries well secured by the Rivers Police Command and the anti-bomb squad. Wike, Ben Dimkpa, Emmanuel Georgwill and Senator Lee Maeba were the only aspirants present at the venue. The 16 governorship aspirants who have been agitating against the emergence of Wike are all insisting the party has been hijacked by members of Grassroots Development Initiative, GDI, who are footsoldiers of Wike, their sponsor and patron. Speaking on behalf of other aggrieved aspirants, former governor of Rivers state, Pawariso Sa...