Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says he has no regret to have pledged “logistics support” for the campaigns of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi in the state, IgbereTV reports
Wike said this on Friday night at a banquet organised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers for the PDP G5 governors who are in Port Harcourt for the party’s state-level campaign flag-off on Saturday.
The Rivers governor had on Thursday made the pledge to Obi, who commissioned the Nkpolu-Oroworokwo Flyover in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Wike, a PDP chieftain, had also said Obi, a former governor of Anambra State has all the characteristics to lead Nigeria.
The Rivers governor has since attracted criticisms from certain quarters for his support for Obi at the expense of his party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
However, on Friday night, Wike said, “They said I said I’m supporting Obi, I have no regret to say: Obi is a former governor, if he is coming to Rivers State to campaign, I will give him logistics support, I will give him security.
“A former governor? Should I say I will not give him vehicles? I will not give him security? I won’t do that; I must give him logistics support.”
The former minister, however, said Labour Party can’t get any of the seats in the state in next year’s election.
