Even though Wike did not openly campaign for Tinubu, who was then the presidential candidate of the APC, reports said he asked his supporters to work for the party.
At the moment, there are insinuations that the former may be given an appointment by the President, having visited him at the villa multiple times after inauguration.
But responding, Wokocha at a briefing in Port Harcourt on Friday said Okocha’s claims that the former governor solely delivered the state to Tinubu in the last election and deserved to be rewarded was untrue. “I ran the campaign for the Tinubu election. I can’t remember anywhere, anytime when the immediate past governor of Rivers State canvassed any support for the President.
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