Governor Nyesom Wike has pledged the 13 members-elect from Rivers State to Tajudeen Abbas, the anointed speakership candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
, has pledged the 13 members-elect from Rivers State to Tajudeen Abbas, the anointed speakership candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress —noting that he will not allow the repeat of the 2015 experience.
He said he would be joining the campaign after leaving office as governor on Monday. He said he would help to avoid the repeat of 2015, where elements within the ruling party collaborated with the minority parties to elect the leadership of the National Assembly.“I want to say here that I am with you fully. You know I do my things in the open. When Chinda told me that you are coming here, I said there was no need because I am with you fully.
“I urge all of you to support Abbas. Don’t support him in the day and do something else in the night. You should support him fully,” he said.
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