Presidential pardon to Dariye, Nyame most shameful to Buhari’s gov’t – Gov. Wike

Governor of Rivers State and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Ezenwo Nyeson Wike has reacted to the presidential pardon granted to the former governors of Plateau and Taraba States.

Wike described as shameful the pardon granted to the two former governors Jolly Nyame and Joshua Dariye of Plateau and Taraba states by the council of state under President Mohammed Buhari.

“The government that claimed to be fighting corruption granting pardon to the governors that stole state funds in bilions. This is the highest level of shameful to be displayed by a government that claimed to be figthing Corruption in the country” he asserted.

He decried banditry and all forms of insecurity in the nation, saying, that the only project that the All Progressive Congress (APC) led government was able to execute in some parts of the Northern Nigeria is armed bandtiry.

He said apart from banditry and high level of poverty and insecurity across the North Central and North West, there is nothing for the APC led government was able to achieve in the last seven years of their maladministration.

Addressing Peoples Democratic Party supporters at the party Secretariat in Minna at the weekend, Governor Wike noted that the APC led administration in the country could best be described as monumental disappointment to Nigerians and he will dislodge the APC administration if given the PDP ticket at the party Congress.

According to him, the APC administration in the last seven years has succeeded in creating fear, hungry poverty and insecurity in the country adding that they have failed the Nigerian people without any tangible project to show apart from bandtiry in the North Central and the North West.

He assured that if given the PDP ticket at the party Congress APC led administration should be prepared to pack out of the Aso Villa ” because I will give them the fight for their money. Just give the party ticket at the Congress, I’m assuring you I will win at the general election in 2023″.

He said he has paid his dues to the Peoples Democratic Party and no amount of blackmail, threat and intimidations will deterred him from aspiring the presidential race of the party, requesting the Niger State delegates to vote him at the party Congress.

“I have been a member of PDP, since 1998. The party has given me everything I want in my life. No matter the provocation, I will never leave the PDP. No amount of threat and blackmail that will deterred me.

“I have paid my dues in PDP. So my delegates in Niger State, I’m requesting for your vote at the convention. So please I need your massive vote at the Congress.” he requested.

He insisted that the day he will be given the party ticket at the Congress the APC administration has come to an end, adding that he will go all to Win the general election in 2023.