Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that he is not going to run for the presidency again.
Gatekeepers News reports that Wike stated this while addressing party supporters during the governorship election campaign rally in the state. He noted that power will shift to the North after eight years in the South.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the 2023 presidential election.
Wike said the reason he fought for power to return to the South was not to become President, insisting that it was not about him but a matter of principle.
“It’s not everyone that started a revolution that will benefit from it. I did it. I fought it and it doesn’t matter. Whether I become President or not is immaterial.
“What is material is that power has come to the South. It must not be me. It must not be me. It’s a matter of principle.
“If it finishes from the South, it goes to the North. I won’t run again. Because the South will finish in eight years and it goes to the North. Because it’s that principle of [power rotation] that brings peace. It’s what brings unity.”
Wike and his allies (G5) had refused to support their party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over an alleged violation of the party’s constitution on zoning.
