Rivers 2023 results: Questions on Wike’s account on Atiku, Obi

By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA – The 2023 presidential election has thrown up many post-election arguments, but FCT Minister Nyesom Wike’s latest account has opened a particularly revealing window into the calculations of the five aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors who opposed Atiku Abubakar, and why Rivers State was treated differently from other South-South states.
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Speaking on TVC’s Journalists’ Hangout, Wike said the G5 governors were less concerned about Peter Obi taking votes in parts of the South-South than about preventing Atiku from benefiting from the...