Governor Nyesom Wike Of Rivers State has reiterated that he has no plans of joining the All Progressives Congress, despite its stance on zoning the presidency to the South, which is favoring the party.
The governor insisted that he was still an unapologetic member of the PDP and dismissed rumours that he might defect to the APC as speculative.
These were expressed by Governor Wike on Monday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, at the 114th quarterly general meeting of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers.
Before Saturday’s presidential election, he informed the council that he would only cast his vote for the candidate who could ensure national unity.
Wike said: “I am not a member of the APC and I will not be. But, they have made me to recognise that they are the heroes of this country.
“The governors came out to say look, for the unity of this country, the presidency should go to the south.
“The governors of the APC said the way the country is, they want the unity of this country and therefore, the presidency should go to the south.
“They could have as well said no, it doesn’t matter. As governors, we have the number. We can still say it should remain where it should remain. But they didn’t do that.
“They said the way we are seeing this country we want everybody to be together.
“Let no one say because I have the population, therefore, you will continue to dominate. In dominating you need peace, without peace you cannot govern.”
