2023: Nigerians waiting for PDP to produce next president, says Wike

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike says Nigerians are waiting for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to produce the next president of the country in 2023.

Wike made the comment on Wednesday when he visited his Bayelsa State counterpart, Governor Douye Diri, in Yenagoa.

He said, “Today, I came to let everybody know that Senator Douye Diri is one of the governors I can tell you has shown commitment even though he is new and he believes in the development of his state. I am not someone that will come and say what is not correct.

“I have also come to tell him that everybody must work together to make the PDP united because without a party there cannot be a presidential candidate. Let us all unite.

“Nigerians are waiting for PDP and we cannot afford to miss this opportunity. As governors, we must work together.

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“Anybody can be a presidential candidate but if we are not united it cannot be possible.” 

Speaking earlier, Diri said that only the PDP can rescue Nigeria from its present state of insecurity and economic woes.

He added, “The president office is one sacred office and we must do everything to protect it and ensure that our party clinches victory at the 2023 general polls. 

“The number one thing for our party is our unity. The second is who becomes president. We have a capable national chairman that can steer us back to power come 2023.”