Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has hinted on his preference for the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed as Nigeria’s president in 2023.
Fielding questions from journalists in Bauchi on Saturday, Wike who is said to be angling for the vice Presidency slot said only the PDP can safe the country from its current challenges.
“I’ll prefer that if God makes it that the ticket falls on him (Bala Mohammed), it means our chances are very, very brighter,” he noted.
21st CENTURY CHRONICLE reports that there have been speculations of a joint ticket either between Wike and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal or a Mohammed/Wike.
Wike’s visit to Bauchi on Saturday and comments indicated his preference of a PDP presidential candidate in 2023 and rested the joint ticket rumours.
PDP has been silent on the zoning on its presidential ticket.
He said, “One of my resolutions for the year 2022, is to make sure that Nigeria is better than what it was last year. It is also to make sure that the PDP is united because, if the PDP makes the mistake of not listening to Nigerians, it will be very difficult for God to forgive the PDP.
“This is an opportunity to save Nigeria. We, Christians, know that when the Israelites were in problems, God had to bring Moses to lead them. Nigeria is in serious problems now and it is PDP that will lead Nigeria out of these problems. So, we must take that responsibility. I’ll prefer that if God makes it that the ticket falls on him (Bala Mohammed), it means our chances are very, very brighter.
“This insecurity, this is not the kind of Nigeria we want, it is not the Nigeria where every day you wake up in the morning, the newspaper says, ’40 people have been killed…’ There is no day in Nigeria that people are not being killed.
“If you’re going to the market, you die, you’re going to the office, you die, so these deaths are not caused by those dying, they are caused by the inability of the so-called government to protect us.
“The whole responsibility of government is to protect lives and properties and once that is not there, there is no governance. People must be allowed to use the roads, they must be allowed to use the health facilities, they must be allowed to go to school, they must be allowed to go to the farm.”
