My Prayer For Obasanjo Not To Disgrace Atiku Was Mistaken As Mockery – Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike has denied mocking Atiku Abubakar over the snub from President Olusegun Obasanjo saying rather that it was his prayer for the PDP presidential candidate not to be disgraced by the former president.

According to the Rivers State governor his lamentation over his unanswered prayer for Obasanjo to remain quiet was misconstrued as mocking Atiku Abubakar.

GWG.ng reports that Governor Wike offered the explanation when he spoke at the Mgbuodohia Community Primary School Premises, venue of the flag-off of the construction of Mgbuodohia Road in Rumuolumene Town of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area on Tuesday.

The governor observed that former president Obasanjo had served as president on the platform of the PDP with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as his vice  for 8 years, hence, ideally he should have been in a better position to solicit for support from Nigerians on his behalf with confidence.

But if such was not done, Governor Wike noted, by way of endorsement, then something was fundamentally wrong that should elicit concern by members of PDP.

“I meant no bad. I’m only worried as a prominent PDP member. A man who loves PDP should be worried. I was not mocking anybody.  I was merely worried. My prayer was, look, let Obasanjo remain quiet and not say anything. That was all my prayer, but my prayer didn’t work.  My prayer was that if this man makes any statement, it will indict us because he was president under the Peoples Democratic Party for eight years, and he worked with our presidential candidate. And the campaign of our presidential council is that our presidential candidate during the eight years did very well, with experience.”

He insisted that for Obasanjo to have  gone ahead to endorse the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, instead of his former vice, it means something must be  fundamentally wrong.

Governor Wike wondered that instead of people in the party to look at the issues critically, and ponder on what could be done with the seeming wrong, they are abusing him.

 “What did I do? I didn’t do anything. All I did was to express concern. If you care for this party, it is for you to go back, and ask what is fundamentally wrong?

“Me, that is worried that we should do something and have expressed it, you’re abusing me for telling the party that we should do something,” Wike said in explaining that his silent prayer was for Obasanjo not to disgrace Atiku.

Governor Wike insisted that it is only those who love the PDP that would be bent on ensuring that nothing untoward happened to it.

Those who are abusing him, governor Wike noted, are jobbers and political flirts who jump from one party to another every other day, with one of them now  a spokesman of the party.

“They are not bothered, but those of us who since 1998 joined this party, contributed for the survival of this party until now, we keep shouting always when we see danger coming.

“Abuses upon abuses, it will not change anything, rather it will spoil more things. What you don’t know, ask people, seek for advise, people will help you to solve the problem.”

The Rivers State governor said abusing members of  the Integrity Group of the PDP will only complicate the lingering crisis in the party. He further cautioned those who are issuing threats of possible punitive action against the G5 governors to perish the thought.

“Nobody can drive us from this house we have built. All of us will fight here. So, if anybody thinks that you can just sit in your house and dish out orders, it will not work. The house will collapse on you. So, you better think twice,” Wike said following his explanation of his silent prayer for Atiku not to be disgraced by President Obasanjo.

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