Wike supported me with hundreds of dollars for 2019 governorship race, says Dino Melaye
The Governorship aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 2023 election in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye has disclosed that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike sponsored his governorship campaigns in 2015, arguing that it was wrong for same sponsor to now say he(Melaye) is unfit to govern.
Penpushing reports Melaye declared that, for Wike to have spent enough to support his governorship ambition before now, sounds amazing to have described him as somebody who does not have what it take to be a governor
“When I ran for governorship in 2019, Mr Wike was my biggest sponsor, my biggest supporter to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.He supported my primaries. He did not just support my primaries, Mr Wike provided his private jet to drop me at Kogi airstrip on the day of my primary and was calling me every minute to find out where are we, are we succeeded’
“Meaning that Wike saw something in me in 2019 when he supported me, he knew I was fit to be governor hence his investment as the case may be. So what now happens between 2019 and 2023 that he’s now saying that I am not fit to be a governor?’, he stated
Somebody you had spent your money on. Somebody you supported materially and otherwise but suddenly because I’m not a bootlicker because I refused to participate in your very myopic and intellectually stagnant presidential ambition you now see me as one not fit for the governorship.”
Penpushing further reports that Melaye faulted Wike’s claim that the list of delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was doctored to favour him with the involvement of Presidential Candidate of the party Atiku Abubakar
‘We have to completely keep Atiku out of this. I became a member of the House of Representatives, did Atiku influence that? I’ve been elected twice to the Senate, Atiku didn’t influence any primaries but those who want to call a dog a bad name in order to hang it will bring a lot of insinuations and all that”
Penpushing also reports that it is recalled that the Rivers State Governor while rubbishing Melaye’s ambition to become next Governor of Kogi State, declared that it will be a suicidal mission for the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) for offer him ticket.
“For Christ’s sake, Dino does not have what it takes to be a governor at all. It is not by coming to act in drama on television. We are talking about governance of a state, we are not talking about drama for Christ’s sake. Why would Kogi people say they would vote for a candidate like Dino? Are we joking?”, Wike emphasized.
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