Rivers State, Nyesome Wike said God will not give power to those politicians that will sell Nigeria in a second.
The governor said this when he flagged off the construction of Ogbo-Ihugbogbo Road in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state.
He said, “We can never play God because we know the role that God has played in our lives.
“Don’t be treacherous because you want power; God will never give power to the wicked,” Wike said.
The governor’s remark and veiled reference came on the heels of recent statements by Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, who are Director-General and running mate respectively of Atiku Abubakar and presidential campaign council.
Okowa had said at a rally in Delta State on Friday that God would give the party power at the polls next year and that no one, including the G5, could change that.
The G5, or the Integrity Group, is a group of five disgruntled PDP governors led by Wike. Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), and Okezie Ikpeazu are also members of the group (Abia).
The G5 has been at odds with Atiku since the party’s presidential primary in May, and has demanded the resignation of PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, in order to support Atiku’s decade-long ambition.
Wike, in his reaction to Okowa’s comments, said the G5 had the backing of God and that explained why the group continued to wax stronger.
“Some people said it is only God that will decide who will be president and not G5…We are where we are because of God, nobody can even breathe air, if not God, not to talk about holding position,” the governor said on Saturday.
“So, nobody can tell us that it is only God; we know that it is only God that gives power but our prayer is to our God: don’t allow those who will sell off Nigeria in one second to be in power. Our prayer is: God, don’t allow anybody that You’ll have an agreement with and the next two minutes the person will change.
“Our prayer is: God, don’t allow those who will betray their brother when they have agreed with their brother to do something. God, may You never allow such persons and that is why God is still making G5 to be stronger.”
Wike said though those in Atiku’s camp desired a division to cause the split of the G5 but it had never worked.
The governor also said statements like the one credited to Tambuwal infuriated him. “Somebody said they will handle us when we decide. These are the things that annoy us,” he said.
Tambuwal, who also served as the Director-General of the Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign organisation, had stated on Friday that the PDP would confront the G5 when the group announced its preferred presidential candidate in January.
