The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council chairman in Rivers State, Senator Lee Maeba, has explained why he prefers to avoid open conflict with Governor Nyesom Wike.
On Wednesday, Senator Maeba revealed this while participating on the Arise Television News show.
Recall that Maeba’s home was reportedly targeted by gunmen lately.
Maeba had commented after the incident that the gunmen had allegedly been deployed by the government of Rivers State.
Maeba, who appeared on Arise TV, claimed that he did not want to discuss Governor Wike because of his party, the PDP.
“I am very convinced that Governor Wike himself knows the truth – that the PDP should continue to rule Rivers State. That is a legacy he can leave for all of us as PDP members. And you can only win in an atmosphere of peace and the peace we preach like we addressed the press on Monday – we want to do five-over-five the way we have always done.
“Right now, even the All Progressive Congress, APC, does not have a councillor. But If you scatter the house, if everybody goes his way, we cannot get that result because now that we have BVAS, there will be hardly any manipulation. So you don’t supervise people on how they vote in their respective wards.
“We don’t want to talk about Governor Wike because of our party; anything we talk to either attack his legacy or his person is only affecting our party; we are giving a chance to the opposition, and we will not give the opposition that chance. That is why we cannot be dragged into having any open confrontation with Governor Wike because we respect our party; we respect Governor Wike – that is why I continue to exercise restraint in what I say, in what I do – in order to leave a space for us to meet again and have a handshake,” he said.
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