Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has warned that if his colleagues and other stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) fail to unite, the party will not be able to produce an acceptable presidential candidate in 2023.
The Governor insisted that all party stakeholders must work tirelessly for the party to produce the next President.
He urged aggrieved persons fanning the embers of discord over the issue of zoning of the presidential ticket and dividing Governors, to focus their energy on rebuilding and strengthening the party ahead of the general elections.
A statement signed by Wike’s Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, said the Governor spoke when he paid a courtesy call on his Bayelsa colleague, Senator Douye Diri, at the Government House, Yenagoa on Monday.
He said Nigerians were waiting anxiously for PDP to rescue the country from the alleged poor governance of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said: “I’ve come to let him know that everybody as PDP members must put ourselves together to build the party. Without the party nobody can be a presidential candidate. There must be a party. So there is the need for everybody to work together , make the party to be united before we talk about who will be presidential candidate.”
He added: “We cannot afford to miss this opportunity that Nigerians are giving back to PDP to take over the government in 2023. Everybody must work together as a party. And as Governors, we must work together. If we didn’t work together we won’t have had the best convention we have ever had as a party.
