The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas not to be “rubber stamped”.
Wike made the call during a media briefing in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
He stated that the members of the PDP G5 supported Akpabio to emerge as the president of the senate for the unity of the country.
Wike also said that Akpabio’s emergence is “clear testimony that Nigerians are interested in the unity of the country”.
The former governor stated that, by the result, President Bola Tinubu has equally proven that he will not allow the country to be polarised.
“I don’t believe that Akpabio will be rubber stamped. I also supported him because he equally supported me when I was running for governorship.
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“Akpabio is a competent, qualified and educated person. He is an orator who can represent this country anywhere. What other qualifications do you want?
“Rivers state and the G5 Governors all supported Akpabio because we couldn’t stop our support midway.”
Speaking further, he said that his interest was not about a political party, but the nation, therefore his party, the PDP, cannot query him for his stance.
ThisNigeria reported on Tuesday that Akpabio, some former APC governors and members of the Senate paid an appreciation visit to Wike at his residence in Abuja.
