Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has donated 25 buses to Benue State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign team.
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, during the inauguration of the party campaign council in Makurdi on Tuesday, disclosed that each of the 23 local governments would get a bus.
While appreciating Wike for always standing with Benue people in good and bad moments, Ortom revealed the readiness of aggrieved members to work together with the party and rescue Nigeria only if the PDP presidential candidate addresses the challenges rocking the party.
He, however, called on the national leadership of the party to address the burning issues raised by its five governors.
Governor Wike, Ortom, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, had demanded for the resignation of the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu since the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, is from the North as Ayu.
Ortom, who explained that he had no problem with anyone in the party, further stated that if the demands of the five governors are not resolved, he cannot guarantee what will happen during the presidential election.
The State acting Chairman of the party, Isaac Mffo, who assured the gathering of PDP victory in the 2023 polls, stressed that the party had no opposition in Benue
Meanwhile, the Rivers APC 2023 Gubernatorial Campaign Council has frowned at the action by Wike, stressing that it’s unfortunate that while pensioners and civil servants are wallowing in poverty, the governor is spending outside.
Sogbeye Eli, spokesman for the council in a statement said, “Rivers civil servants and pensioners continue to wallow in abject poverty and misery while his misappropriation of Rivers funds to pursue his vile ambitions continue. Our children at the Rivers State University cannot write examinations because parents cannot afford their fees but we have a Governor who pretends to be at war with the PDP national leadership but is busy donating buses and hundreds of millions daily in cash and buses to Benue, Cross River and other State Chapters of his party”.
“We urge Rivers people to note that this latest donation only adds to the number of impunity-driven waste of our State’s resources on the altar of friendship and political expediency by Wike. We must collectively bring an end to this carnage and financial recklessness by voting for Arch. Tonye Patrick Cole, Mni and the APC all the way”.
