*Dismisses PDP of engaging in ‘comical conspiracies’
By Kemi Kasumu, General Editor
“It is understandable that the PDP in its despair over its failed 2019 election bid for the presidency has resorted to comical conspiracies. Instead of putting its house in order, it is laughable that Governor Wike and his PDP cohorts are clutching on straws it their desperate bid to remain in public reckoning in the face of imminent 2019 defeat.”
Governor of Rivers State and chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Nyesom Wike has been asked to name one if not all the presidential aspirants he claimed were sponsored by ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in his party.
The APC in a statement by its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena, made gave this challenge to the Governor Wike, copy of which was sent to The DEFENDER.
The APC statement said, “In reacting to the allegations by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sponsored some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, it is understandable that the PDP in its despair over its failed 2019 election bid for the presidency has resorted to comical conspiracies.
“Instead of putting its house in order, it is laughable that Governor Wike and his PDP cohorts are clutching on straws it their desperate bid to remain in public reckoning in the face of imminent 2019 defeat.
“Meanwhile, we challenge Governor Wike to be brave enough and name the APC-sponsored aspirants among the crowd that have signified interest to run for the presidency under the PDP.
“We urge the PDP to quickly wake up to the reality that the 2019 presidential elections have been won and lost.
“The PDP is a dead party and we urge its members who share our progressive ideals to leave the sinking and rudderless ship and come over to the APC which is rebuilding and repositioning the country in all facets.”
