The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom
Wike on Thursday admonished his Lagos State counterpart, Akinwunmi Ambode to
resist the practice of “godfatherism” in his state.
Wike, a governor on the Platform
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said this while reacting to the alleged
rift between Ambode and a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress,
APC, Bola Tinubu.
Following a reported relationship
breakdown with Ambode, Tinubu was said to have anointed one Babajide Sanwoolu
as the next governor of Lagos State.
Recall that the Vice Chairman of
the APC in Lagos East Senatorial District, Asipa Kaoli Olusanya, has stated
that National Leader of the party, Bola Tinubu instructed them to work towards
the emergence of Sanwonolu as the next governor of the state.
However, Wike while speaking
during an interview with The Osasu Show at the Government House, Port Harcourt
on Thursday said Ambode should negate godfatherism and promote the interest of
his state.
Wike said, “If it is correct that
the godfather is against Ambode, I will tell him (Ambode) to resist it.
“I will tell him to promote the
interest of his state. Godfatherism is not good. It negates development.”
Wike also declared that
godfatherism has no place in Rivers State.
“No more godfather politics in
Rivers State. We are not in Lagos State. Rivers State will not accept
godfatherism. My concern is to do well for Rivers State.
“For the over three years that we
have managed Rivers State, nobody of good conscience will say that we have not
done well. We are not threatened because in Rivers State, PDP is a dominant
party”, he said.
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