The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared his intention to run for the office of Nigeria President.
Nyesom Wike, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi are among others who have declared on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general elections.
Wike said that his decision to contest the election that determines President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor was basically to address the challenges confronting the nation under the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government.
Wike made the declaration during a consultative meeting with stakeholders of the Benue chapter of the PDP at the Government House in Makurdi on Sunday, as well as on his official social media handles.
The governor, while soliciting the stakeholders’ vote ahead of the party’s national delegates convention, argued that the southern region of Nigeria deserves right to produce the next president.
“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’m declaring it (presidential ambition) for the first time in Benue. I’m going to run for election,” he added.
