The Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that he would not go outside his state to look for the team to reconcile him with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 elections, Nyesom Wike.
He spoke on Thursday at the flag-off of the 11th flyover project, performed by ex-Cross River Stater Governor, Donald Duke.
The bridge is located at Rumuola-Ikwerre Road-Rumuokwuta Roundabout in Obio Akpor Local Government Area.
Wike also said that the swing of votes by the state would be determined by who supports the state before the elections.
He said: “I believe that they must know us here because we have what it takes to deliver.
“They must come and know us.
“I’m not going to find anybody.
“You must come here.
“You can’t take 600 and something thousand votes away from my local government.
“You can’t take 3.2 million votes from my State just like that.
“If we were father Christmas before, we won’t be father Christmas again.
“You must tell me what is there for me if I should vote.
“So nobody should bother himself.
“At the appropriate time we will talk to our people and our people will understand.
“If you say we don’t exist, we will tell you that you don’t exist.
“I am not a son to anybody.
“I am a son of Rivers State.
“I am working to attract what will benefit Rivers State.”
Wike stressed that Rivers State was too strategic politically to be ignored by any serious-minded politician, who desires to win an election.
He harped on the futility of the claims by those, who professed to know the PDP presidential candidate, yet were not at home where votes could be mobilised to secure electoral victory.
He said: “This Local Government alone, Obio Akpor, where I come from, we registered not less than 600,000 voters.
“This local government beats two states in their electoral strength.
“So we are not a State that you can take for granted, not to talk about the Local Government where I come from.”
