On Saturday, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike described the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, as the hero of the 2023 presidential election.
Wike said the decision of Obi to contest the presidential election under the platform of the Labour Party primarily prevented the North from retaining power after the end of President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29 this year.
The governor made the commendation during an interactive meeting with the Technical Dealers Association of Nigeria, Computer Dealers Association, Garrison Phone Dealers Association and Building Materials Traders Association in Port Harcourt yesterday.
Wike explained that contrary to insinuation that he did not support Obi, what most people failed to realise was that the Labour Party presidential candidate remains his hero of the election.
His words: “Obi is my hero. If Obi did not contest, power would have gone back to the North. The whole of South-south and Southeast that PDP lost if Obi did not contest PDP would have won.
“The hero in this election is Obi whether you like it or not. I am not here to please you, Obi is the hero. He may not have been pronounced the winner, but no problem, the law will take its course. If Obi did not run this election, power would have remained in the North. Whether he was declared a winner now or not, history will be on his side that he fought and fought well.”
