Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Lagos State, has claimed that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is impoverished despite having a lot of money at his disposal.
Despite Wike’s recent endorsement, he vowed that he will defeat Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Wike recently endorsed Governor Sanwo-Olu for a second term, promising to help the Lagos Governor despite the fact that they are not members of the same political party.
Wike made this statement on Tuesday during a meeting held by the spouses of Lagos State officials at the Eko Hotel in Lagos.
Adediran said that the majority of Lagosians were unaware that Wike was in the state while speaking on Arise Television on Thursday.
“Wike has an unrepentant and irreversible way of life. This is not one more of Wike,” he said.
“As I said, Wike is Wike, and everybody knows. Where there’s no expectation, there’ll be no disappointment. So that I’ll consider it inconsequential. It’s desperation.
“They know that inviting Wike alone to come without even given any brief, Wike will be Wike, but as you would see if you know Wike very well, he would have said a lot in that space if he had had a whole lot to do with me and how I emerged as the candidate of the party.
“So I wonder how somebody with all his might within the PDP and didn’t support me during the primary because he was supporting something with structure because he needed that structure because I didn’t have anything when I came and couldn’t stop me, will now decide if I govern the state of Lagos or not.
“That’s for the generality of Lagos [to decide]. Not for us. We’re focused on our election [not all ]this Wike endorsing anybody.
“Like I said, read my lips. I’ll defeat Sanwo-Olu and anybody supporting him, home and abroad.
“Let me say this, some people are so poor that the only thing they have is money. And the kind of riches, wealth that Jandor has and the movement is in the people, notable people, that money cannot buy it.
“And I’ll create your indulgence to bury this Wike issue that way. It is considered inconsequential. I started my campaign yesterday and the people of Alimosho I went to see yesterday didn’t even know somebody came to Lagos to endorse somebody.”
