A presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has described the consensus project being proposed by the top operative of the party as a scam, saying that he would not step down for anybody under whatever guise.
According to him, nobody is worth being stepped down for, adding that it is only death that would take him away from the ambition of ruling this country.
This is coming on the heels moves being made by some chieftains of the party to ask all the presidential aspirants to settle for a consensus method of choosing a candidate amongst them.
However, during an interview with BBC Pigin, Wike said that those who think they can deceive him with such should perish the thought, stressing that only death could make him step down for another aspirant in the 2023 presidential election race.
“Why will I step down for anybody? If you want to do consensus, there must be equity and fairness. Are the hands of those demanding consensus clean? People talking about consensus are the ones running the election. Is it the party’s decision?”
“It is not the party that is talking. In politics, there is something called shine shine bobo. The more you look, the less you see. Some people think they can deceive me with consensus. It’s a scam. I don’t like being deceived in my life.”
On what can make him step down for another PDP candidate, he replied, “The only thing that can make me step down is death. if I am alive, we will run this thing, we will hold the primary on May 28/29.”
