The former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang said the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming presidential polls in 2023 rests on the influence of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
As reported by The Nation newspaper, Governor Jonah on Saturday, August 20, stated that the flag bearer of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, will not succeed at the polls if he does not align with Governor Wike.
The ex-governor made this statement in Rivers State during the flag-off of the Omagwa internal roads. The ex-governor described Atiku’s group as being pretentious, urging them to close ranks with the Rivers state governor to avoid an upset at the 2023 polls.
Atiku, he said, should “close ranks with all members, particularly members of your (Wike) group of which I’m proudly one. Doing this will guarantee victory in 2023 general elections.”
He added: “These men and women, as I have said, worked hard to build this party and they cannot just be wished away overnight. We need to come together, settle our differences by recognising that you need each and every one of us for you to win the general election.”
Jang commended Wike for contesting the PDP presidential primaries and for supporting the party since 2015.
In his remarks, Wike directed the security agencies to arrest the owner of a filling station allegedly involved in illegal oil bunkering in Port Harcourt.
The filling station is reportedly owned by a member of the state’s House of Representatives.
He vowed to ensure the prosecution of the filling station owner to demonstrate his resolve to reduce illegal oil bunkering activities in the state to the barest minimum.
His words: “If I hear of any filling station involved in oil bunkering, I will close that filling station. Therefore, I have directed the security agencies to identify who has that filling station in Diobu, arrest that person and we are going to prosecute the person. It doesn’t matter how highly placed that person is.
“We cannot allow oil bunkering. We will reduce it to the barest minimum. So, I have ordered the security agencies to identify who owns that filling station that was sealed up two days ago and arrest the owner. Let him tell us why he is involved in oil bunkering.”
