I have never criticized Obi or Asiwaju, I owe nobody any apology that people voted for the southern presidency – Wike

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has said that he never opposed the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, during the presidential campaign. He expressed that he stood for power rotation from the North to the Southern part of the country; hence he never opposed Tinubu or Obi.

He spoke at the commissioning of Chokocho-Igbodo Road in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. According to him, he owes nobody any apology for who and what he supports.

He said; “Whether you voted for Labour, I have no problem with you. Whether you voted for APC, I have no problem with you. That is what we have argued for: that the north has had it for eight years. Therefore the south must be there for eight years.

“As far as I am concerned, anybody from the south, that is my position. That is what we agreed in the Integrity Group that we must make sure that the south emerges as the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“Each time I went for a campaign, nobody has ever heard me criticise Obi. Nobody has ever heard me criticize Asiwaju. I owe nobody any apology that people voted for the southern presidency.