‘Wike Not Behind Campaign Posters’

The Rivers State Government has dismissed insinuations in some quarters that the state Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, is making moves to launch political campaigns for the office of the Presidency in 2023, saying that the governor has no such intention, for now.
The clarification comes on the heels of the emergence of political campaign posters carrying the picture of Wike in the nation’s capital, ostensibly engineered by some political jobbers and mischief makers, at the weekend.
A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, last Monday, dissociated the state government, and indeed, the governor from the clandestine moves, and warned those behind the devilish act to retrace their steps.
The statement read, “The attention of Governor Nyesom Wike has been drawn to campaign posters bearing his name which flooded some major streets of Abuja, today.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Governor Wike has not informed anyone that he is interested in the Presidency of this country.
“This is certainly the handiwork of mischief makers who are threatened by the governor’s rising political profile.
“We are amused that political detractors will stop at nothing to see how they can distract Governor Wike’s visionary leadership.
“For the umpteenth time, we wish to restate that Governor Wike is presently preoccupied with his mission to make Rivers State a better place and destination of choice.
“All the puerile antics of political jobbers aimed at heating up the polity will surely fail.
“Members of the public are therefore advised to discountenance the misinformation that is currently circulating in Abuja”, the statement added.