The immediate past Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed some life-threatening scenarios he kept as secrets during his eight-year tenure.. The former Governor, in a special Thanksgiving service on Sunday organised by his family at the St. Peters Deanery, Rumuepirikom, Obio-Akpor, revealed that he was poisoned at the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in December 2018. He said the poison ravaged his internal organs, affecting his liver and kidneys and almost killed him but for God’s interventions. Hundreds of dignitaries, who attended the service, listened in shock as the former Governor disclosed his kept secrets. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was represented at the event by Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The service was attended by the Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Deputy Senate President, many senators, over 35 members of the House of Representatives, many former Governors, former ministers, royal fathers, captains of industries, the National…
, has disclosed some life-threatening scenarios he kept as secrets during his eight-year tenure..
Narrating how he almost died of poisoning, 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. When you are in office, many people think things are going well with you. Nobody wants to find out the problems you are facing as a human.
He said the doctors discharged him after about a week and asked him to return home noting that he altered his itinerary during the campaigns for his second term. Despite all the challenges, he said: “Being a strong woman, my wife never showed it. But today my wife is hale and hearty. The cancer incident was the one I knew that God had done all for me”.
The former Governor said he kept most of the incidents secret to avoid frightening his supporters, who could begin to behave anyhow. He disclosed that all the forms for all elections in the party were acquired by him noting that no candidate of the party paid a dime to buy forms.
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