Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has advised Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers not to think of himself as an emperor that controls how the people of the state vote.
He said that Rivers people have been voting for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) even before he became governor.
Lamido said this in an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday while reacting to Wike’s disagreement with the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the party hierarchy.
The Herald can report that the PDP has been in crisis since Wike lost the presidential ticket of the party to Atiku on May 29.
The crisis thickened when Wike was passed over for the vice-presidential slot, and Atiku granted an interview stating his reason for not picking him.
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Speaking on the crisis, Lamido, who is an Atiku loyalist, said Wike was free to do as he pleased.
“Wike is an individual, I don’t think because he is a governor there he has control and monopoly over the peoples of Rivers.
“He hasn’t got it. Rivers people are also PDP in their own right. They were there in 1999 when he joined. They were there when he was council chairman.
“Therefore, because he’s a governor, he now thinks he is their emperor, it can’t work. There is a Wike in every part of Nigeria who is a governor.
“Leave Wike alone. He has the right to do whatever he wants. He can give order to people in Rivers who are enslaved to him. But right now if you go to Rivers, they are contesting for the governorship seat there, it was Wike who imposed the current candidate and nobody questioned that,” Lamido said.