Governor of Rivers state Nyesom Wike has hit back at the former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside.
Wike queried his interest on the issue, when he is not a member of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The governor had earlier said he will reveal who his preferred candidate is for the presidential election in January.
Peterside had on Tuesday, challenged Wike to name his presidential candidate as expected.
Replying the former NIMASA boss, Wike said, “You have the guts to tell me I should name my presidential candidate. Are we at the same level? Failure and success, are they the same?” Wike asked at the Rivers State PDP campaign rally in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
“Look at the man who is always failing every day. He does not understand the activities of G5. I have told most people who don’t know, G5 that we’re fighting is like guerilla warfare.
“Look at this small boy whom I flogged in 2015. I don’t know where they say he comes from – is it Abia or Opobo side, which of the areas? Envy! I flogged him out in 2015.
“He has not recovered from that. He thought they would give him a ticket in 2019, but he didn’t get it. They sent him to be NIMASA. Ask him, what did he bring for Rivers people?
“You have a position, you cannot help your people, and you’re coming out to open your mouth, simply because you didn’t get [the ticket] and they did not give you a second term to be DG of NIMASA,” he said.
Wike has not hidden his displeasure in his party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
Wike is one of five aggrieved PDP governors known as the G5 or Integrity Group who have remained defiant in their opposition to the North producing both the national chairman and presidential candidate.
The G5 governors have decided to not campaign for Atiku Abubakar on what they feel is unfair and against Justice and Equity.
