The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has joined the list of 2023 presidential race contenders.
He made the declaration to contest for the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during a consultative meeting with stakeholders of the Benue State PDP at the Government House in Makurdi on Sunday.
He said “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 everyday.
“I’m declaring it (presidential ambition) for the first time in Benue. I’m going to run for election,”
“By the time you ran away, you sold your share as a founding father so you can no longer retain your position of founding fathers.
“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 it personally. I have never relented.
“In 2015, those who ran away made us lose the election. Today, they are crying but some of us stood and said PDP will not die.
“Some people want to use Nigeria to buy back their personal business. They talk about private sector – let them mention the private business that had survived. Is it banks that your father had? Everybody is an employer of labour even in my house I have 50 people who feed from me. They should stop deceiving us.
“I have performed as a governor and can carry my shoulders high anywhere. I have the capacity to face this evil government, give me the mandate. I will speak the truth to power and nothing but the truth. I have the capacity to move this country forward.” he said.
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom prayed that God will grant him his desire to rule the country.
“On southern presidency I stand,”
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