Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that he will not step down from the 2023 presidential race, despite the clamour by some chieftains of the party that its presidential candidate should be picked through consensus.
During an interview with BBC Pigin, Wike said those who think they can deceive him with such should perish the thought.
The Presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP, said only death could make him step down for another aspirant in the 2023 presidential election race.
“Why will I step down for anybody? If you want to do consensus, there must be equity and fairness. Are the hands of those demanding consensus clean? People talking about consensus are the ones running the election. Is it the party’s decision?.
“It is not the party that is talking. In politics, there is something called shine shine bobo. The more you look, the less you see. Some people think they can deceive me with consensus. It’s a scam. I don’t like being deceived in my life.”
On what can make him step down for another PDP candidate, he replied, “The only thing that can make me step down is death. if I am alive, we will run this thing, we will hold the primary on May 28/29.”
