The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday promised to support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, IgbereTV reports
Abubakar won the presidential ticket after defeating Wike and 12 other aspirants in last Saturday’s presidential primary in Abuja.
He polled 371 votes to brush off the challenge of the Rivers State governor who garnered 237 votes.
In his address before the commencement of voting at the convention, Wike promised to support whoever emerged the PDP candidate at the primary election.
Reports however said he stormed out of the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, venue of the primary after Abubakar was declared as winner of the exercise.
48 hours after the exercise, Wike posted on his official Twitter handle that he would not go back on his promise to support whoever wins the PDP primary.
He wrote: “I made a vow to the PDP that I will support whoever emerges from the #PDPPresidentialPrimaries and I am not going to go back on my word. We cannot abandon the @OfficialPDPNig. We will be fully supporting H.E @atiku
