By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that the reason Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State is leading the campaign for his party in the Edo election was because of the dollars he has amassed.
Wike is the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council for the Edo election, while Ganduje heads that of the APC.
Ganduje had earlier said that Wike would be on ‘isolation’ until after the election.
“We know the PDP made Wike their (campaign council) chairman. I assure you; we will isolate Wike in an isolation centre and before he recovers, the election is over,” Ganduje said.
But Wike fired back. “Nobody can intimidate us in this election. Yesterday, I was told and today I read on the pages of newspapers that one Governor Ganduje said that he is going to isolate me until the election is over. If Nigeria is supposed to be a country, who is supposed to be isolated?
“A man who pockets dollars in babanriga (flowing gown) from contractors is not isolated and you say that me should be isolated. In this country, where are we heading to?
“Let me tell you why they made Ganduje the chairman of the campaign council. It is because of the dollars they saw. But for dollars, Ganduje could not have been made the chairman of the campaign council.
“But what he doesn’t understand is that we are from the Niger Delta; we shall chop his dollar and we will chop him to a coma. So, Ganduje, your dollar will not work in Edo State, we have integrity in our party,” Wike said.
