Nyesom Wike, former governor of Rivers, says he was nearly killed by poisoning in 2018.
June 18, 2023 8:30 PMSpeaking on Sunday during a thanksgiving service at the St. Peters Anglican Church in Obio-Akpor LGA of Rivers state, Wike said he escaped death twice during his time as governor of the state.“I never knew that I had been poisoned in our party secretariat. My intestinal were all black. The doctors did all they could do,” Wike said.“God was in charge; everybody who knew how we came to power in 2015, knew it was turbulent. But God saw us through.
“In December 2018, it was a day my former chief of staff was going to have thanksgiving. I was to attend that thanksgiving. From that Sunday, I never came down from my room. It was bad. But those who attended the January 1st state banquet of 2019 will know that I never spoke that day.Advertisement The former Rivers governor said after the presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2022, one of the engines of the aircraft he boarded while travelling to Abuja exploded few minutes after take-off.
“Fifteen minutes of take off at the airforce base, we heard an explosion. They locked the cockpit. One engine is gone and the pilot said it was safer to turn back to Port Harcourt,” Wike said. “Before we landed, there were many ambulances and fire service trucks lined up. We landed safely by the Grace of God. I didn’t tell anybody.”The former Rivers governor explained why he supported Godswill Akpabio’s bid for president of the 10th senate.“When I was running in 2014 and 2015, he came out and supported me. He gave me N200m for that election. That was why I said one good turn deserves another. I supported him this time and I thank God he won,” he said.
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