Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, has asked a former Kaduna Governor, Ahmed Makafi, to steer clear of his affairs and direct his energy into winning Kaduna for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the next election.
Wike said Makarfi’s priority as a former national acting chairman of the PDP should be the forthcoming 2023 general election instead of dissipating his energy by saying uncanny things about him.
The Governor spoke on Tuesday during the inauguration of the sand-filled area and estate layout in Ogbum-Nu-Abali, Port Harcourt, which was performed by Enugu Governor, Ífeanyi Ugwuanyi.
He said: “This morning, I was watching Channels, I saw former national acting chairman of the party, PDP, Makarfi, and he said he is very close to me. I don’t know how close he is to me.
“Somebody who is close to me, I don’t know when last we spoke. I have never spoken to him for the past five months. So, if you’re close to somebody politically, there is no way in five months you won’t have spoken to the person is it not?
“He said: Wike, you’re sabotaging other people’. I don’t know who says the other people have not. What I want to advise Makarfi is, look, you have a job, make sure PDP wins in Kaduna State. That is your job, leave Wike alone.
“Take it upon yourself that Kaduna falls to PDP. I don’t want to hear excuses that they rigged election or they didn’t rig election. That is what I’ve told everybody. In Kano, make sure PDP wins.
“In Niger, make PDP wins, in Jigawa, make sure PDP wins. If you win, then see whether PDP wins here or not. It’s operation deliver your State. Don’t use anybody’s state to add up.”
He called on some Rivers politicians, to return home and work to increase the numerical strength of the party saying “the best way to show capacity to deliver votes for the party will be to deliver votes from the polling units, wards and the state.
“It’s not to go to Abuja and begin to gossip, say all kinds of things, come home and mobilise, let us see the capacity you have. It’s operation deliver your poling units, operation deliver your ward, operation deliver your local government. That is what politics is all about.”