Senator Dino Melaye, a governorship aspirant for the Kogi election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has hit back at Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike for comments made against him.
POLITICS NIGERIA earlier reported that Governor Wike had addressed journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. In the media parley, he claimed that the former lawmaker was not fit to be the Governor of Kogi State.
Responding to Wike’s criticism, Melaye issued a statement on Tuesday, alleging that the governor’s negative comments were due to his refusal to support Wike’s presidential ambitions.
Melaye also suggested that Wike should be focused on planning his post-governorship future, as he is set to leave the government house on May 29.
The statement reads in part, “I can understand the pain of Wike. He wanted my support for his misplaced aspiration to become the Flagbearer of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2023 Presidential election but knowing his avowed credential to be eminently unworthy of the ticket, I deployed support for His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, a cosmopolitan and cultured statesman who ignored all the tantrums of Wike throughout the period of the election.
“Wike has probably mistaken me for His Excellency Atiku Abubakar. He needs to appreciate that now that he has touched the tiger’s tail and murdered sleep, the discomfort of a bird perched on a rope has now become his portion.”
