- * Reveals Why Tinubu Offered Him Senatorial Ticket During Their Recent Meeting In London
By Alexandria Chukwu
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, on Friday night, traveled out of Nigeria to Europe shortly after his celebrated media chat in PortHarcourt, Rivers state capital on Friday morning.
Though his exact destination is yet unknown, but it was gathered that Governor Wike may have headed to the United Kingdom, London to be precise. He was said to have jetted out in a chartered flight from the Port Harcourt International Airport at about midnight on Friday.
A top government official in the state who pleaded anonymity confirmed the Governor’s departure to Punch on Saturday morning.
“Yes, he (Wike) traveled last night. But I don’t know his exact destination,” he said.
Recently, London has become the Governor’s destination of choice outside the shores of Nigeria. He also travels to Spain, where the state government has a partnership with top Champion’s League winner, the Real Madrid Football Club.
The state government had established a Real Madrid Academy in Port Harcourt which is currently recruiting intakes.
Governor Wike had addressed a televised media chat earlier on Friday in Government House, Port Harcourt. The governor, during the media chat had made several revelations.
One of such was that the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, had offered him a Senatorial ticket during their meeting in London last month.
Governor Wike said Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu offered him a senatorial ticket when they met in London, United Kingdom. He made this disclosure during his live televised media chat in PortHarcourt on Friday morning.
Wike arranged the chat in order to address the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). He said that he contested the presidential primaries because he wanted to be the candidate, so he didn’t buy a senatorial form.
“I didn’t contest so I can become a vice presidential candidate. I am not like others who were not serious and bought senatorial form alongside presidential form, and that’s why when Tinubu offered me senate slot, I didn’t go for it", he stated. (source: voice of naija.ng). NNL.
