I Have Not Endorsed Anyone For Rivers Governorship, We Are Not Working With Fubara — Wike

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]But, where exactly is Fubara now?

[00:00:02]>> I don't know.

[00:00:03]>> had reconciliatory different >> Okay. Okay, LET ME TELL YOU THAT. BUT, HOLD ON. LET ME LET me land with this, right? Now, we hear that you're you're endorsing a candidate from the APC. The same party that Fubara belongs to. He jumped from from the PDP.

[00:00:17]>> Yes, so you heard THAT I'M I'M ENDORSING. ARE YOU ENDORSING? ARE YOU ENDORSING ANYBODY? I SAID we have NOT MET. THE QUESTION IS, have you endorsed anybody? I have not. You have not for Rivers State.

[00:00:27]>> And I cannot endorse somebody.

[00:00:29]>> And on the until the joint coalition meets. Right. On the issue of the president, you have always, I mean, made known your support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

[00:00:38]>> A PDP presidential candidate has just emerged. No, he hasn't. Fubara won the election because I just need to put this right together.

[00:00:45]Right? You answer the You answer the No, that's not what I I don't think that's what you were trying to ask. You answered You have already conceded. I said before you answer, okay, let me finish. SO, I'VE NOT ANSWERED THAT. YOU WILL ANSWER IT. I answered what you had to say. And we hear You You mentioned it here that a PDP presidential candidate has emerged. No, I didn't SAY NO, PLEASE.

[00:01:04]ASPIRANT. SORRY. ASPIRANT.

[00:01:07]Are you still standing on your support for President Tinubu with the party?

[00:01:11]>> god. Uh By the By the way, a lot of people are saying that No, let me tell you. BY THE WAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE are saying that that candidate or that aspirant is just acting your script because he's very close to Oh, I'm too busy now. Everybody has my script. So, I don't think that you should be You should You should give me an award.

[00:01:27]But, somebody Somebody like me should know that Sandy is your friend.

[00:01:31]So, I shouldn't have any friend who would aspire to any position. So, let me because Now, let me tell you. Can I tell you, Sandy? Look, we were council chairmen together.

[00:01:40]I took over from Sandy and I Now, let me I took over from Sandy, gave to national president before I became president of Nigeria.

[00:01:48]>> [snorts] >> Sandy was in APP.

[00:01:51]I was in PDP before Sandy now came to PDP.

[00:01:57]I keep relationship.

[00:01:59]I don't abandon friends because of You are in this party or not in this party.

[00:02:03]No, what was my business?

[00:02:05]Politicians will come and go.

[00:02:08]Now, he came to see me two days That I went to see for this uh election initial campaign.

[00:02:16]I said, "You pick something."

[00:02:18]I think, "Look, you know I'm going to support my candidate in the I said, "Look, we have that crisis in PDP.

[00:02:29]We should meet.

[00:02:31]But, that crisis was caused by ourselves by our greed."

[00:02:37]Can you tell me all the truth?

[00:02:42]Within the short time we have, can PDP really sit down with your governorship aspiration with the sources it requires?

[00:02:51]Presidential election is not what the counselor or the election It takes a lot of things. Can you tell me here Sandy, that you can seriously contest against the president?

[00:03:06]Tell me the He said, "Look, he's aware that the South South crisis has affected PDP chances in both of the states.

[00:03:16]Well, however, he won because of that and then the party will not field a candidate.

[00:03:21]So, all you are saying that it's just because you want PDP to field a candidate.

[00:03:25]But, you are sure that in terms of really contesting presidential election, the PDP does not have what it takes now because it requires You see, I want to be president.

[00:03:38]It's not tomorrow morning I'll come out for president.

[00:03:42]You must have been planning it.

[00:03:45]You must have put a lot of things into consideration.

[00:03:48]You must also have the resources before people will come to support you.

[00:03:52]So, what are you telling me?

[00:03:56]I'm your friend.

[00:03:58]He said, "Well, you're going to run.

[00:04:01]Do you understand my position? But, you're still my friend.

[00:04:03]I'm going to tell you local government commission tomorrow. What do you tell me? He said, "Well, well, now this is where all the people might politicians bitterness.

[00:04:14]But, it's just like that. You are encouraging politicians not to talk to themselves.

[00:04:21]The moment you are talking to somebody, Aisha, something is not going on okay. That's so You see, that's always what we have always complained Nobody wants I'm in this party. Go across that side. HAVE A HANDSHAKE. Have a bottle of drink with him.

[00:04:37]Without you suspecting something is going on is going on, which is wrong. Minister, you know the concern is because you've been repeatedly accused of not wanting the PDP to produce a presidential candidate. So, it's surprising to many now that the PDP wants a selling presidential What What you say I have no business That's my problem with people.

[00:04:57]Everybody say I'm accused.

[00:04:59]Can I ask one question?

[00:05:03]He said something here.

[00:05:05]And I said that everything is going down to strong that As if that Sandy or no is complaining and we know. Do you know how I feel happy when you when I was watching on television?

[00:05:15]He said, "Wicked. Wicked." Do you know how happy I am?

[00:05:18]>> [laughter] >> Oh my god. Even I'm this strong like this.

[00:05:22]He turned around is wicked. He don't get headache.

[00:05:24]He don't get headache. He can do it. He turned around I see is wicked. He turned TVC is wicked. He turned Channels is wicked. I don't think he gets headache.

[00:05:32]Headache. Yes. You enjoy it. DO YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL SO HAPPY? I SAID, "I'M GIVING YOU PEOPLE WORK.

[00:05:38]I'm giving you people work without even knowing the the the the disease."

[00:05:41]>> [laughter] >> No, I haven't asked my question. I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm You see, people are not accusing me. What have they not accused me?

[00:05:48]This is a man who came out IN 2023 AND SAID, "I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS CANDIDATE from so-so place."

[00:05:57]I DID NOT SAY I'M LEAVING PDP.

[00:05:59]I SAID, "You will lose.

[00:06:01]But, PDP will win in my STATE IN THE VARIOUS ELECTIONS."

[00:06:07]AND I'VE MAINTAINED THAT.

[00:06:09]HAVING WORKED FOR THE MAN TO win and I'm here working with him, contributing the little I could or I CAN. NOW, YOU ARE SAYING, "DON'T SUPPORT him again."

[00:06:24]Does that mean I DON'T WANT MY PARTY to produce a presidential candidate?

[00:06:30]Producing a presidential candidate DOES NOT MEAN, AFTER ALL, you have so many parties who will go and produce presidential candidates. Doesn't mean that every Can you do a mop up quickly on this side of the on I HAVE SAID SO BEFORE. I SAID PDP, EVEN OUR CONVENTION LISTEN, I I don't need you. The public is the one marking the script.

[00:06:56]But, you won't ask question and mark because you may be biased. But, the public is there They are They are watching.

[00:07:02]What I have said, even in the convention, PDP WILL BE IN THE BALLOT.

[00:07:07]DID I NOT SAY SO? OKAY. SO, HOW CAN YOU NOW ASK SAY PEOPLE ARE NOT ACCUSING ME WHEN I HAVE SAID IN THE CONVENTION DAY EVEN THE LIFE YOU WERE NO, you were not there. I was there. It was Shehu that was there and uh Whatever. Minister, let me ask you. NO, NO, I'M TO LET YOU KNOW. I SAID IN THAT CONVENTION, PDP will be in the uh What direction do you want me to say? Okay, Minister, let's let me ask this question. Let's leave this and go to Rivers State. And the reason I ask about Rivers State is that your loyalists in the PDP have moved to the APC. You talk about a coalition in a way in Rivers State of PDP and APC. And I know Tony Okocha said that the APC has given you the structure, which is controlled which is a confusing. But, we also hear that governors in the APC have been given the mandate to endorse candidates.

[00:07:55]Where does that leave the people that have defected? And what does that say about uh Governor Fubara wanting to run for governor next year? You know, my happiness is that you said you have always been carried.

[00:08:06]And what I what I say, a large percentage of what you have said has always been uh false.

[00:08:14]You said my various angles are not correct.

[00:08:17]You made my in the state assembly You say our PDP members were lawmakers.

[00:08:24]Not less than 10.

[00:08:26]A lot of my loyalists.

[00:08:30]So, it's not correct.

[00:08:31]>> No, I didn't SAY ALL. I SAID YOU SAID ALL. I didn't say [laughter] all. I SAID YOUR LOYALISTS. I DIDN'T SAY ALL YOUR LOYALISTS. AND NOW GRAMMAR HAS COME NOW. WHO will now say professor of grammar has done?

[00:08:41]You were going to say you had THAT GOVERNORS WERE MANDATED.

[00:08:47]I'M NOT IN APC.

[00:08:49]Don't know whether they are mandated OR NOT.

[00:08:52]I ALSO KNOW DURING THE POLITICAL I'VE BEEN HEARING crisis between governors that my fellow members You must know in every political period this thing happens.

[00:09:05]Stories you are hearing, they were by the whom mandated?

[00:09:09]We heard the president. The president mandated? Yes. Have you gone to investigate for the presidency whether actually there was this mandate?

[00:09:17]That's why I have not told you. Does you Does it cost you much to spend time to go and investigate what you have heard?

[00:09:26]SO, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING, YOU TALK AUTHORITATIVELY LIKE I SAY HERE.

[00:09:31]WHEN I SAY I you took money.

[00:09:33]I said, "Let him challenge me.

[00:09:36]He He took this amount of money at so-so time with so-so vehicle." I'm going to give you facts.

[00:09:41]I said, "These people are first class.

[00:09:44]WHY ARE THEY FIRST CLASS?

[00:09:46]LOOK AT THE JUDGMENT. They were the one who went to court.

[00:09:50]The court they went to confirm the caretaker committee that now conducted convention. You have not told THEY'VE NOT TOLD NIGERIANS THIS YOU KNOW THAT THEY WANT to court.

[00:09:59]They've not told Nigerians.

[00:10:01]THEY HAVE HIDDEN THIS FACT.

[00:10:04]THEY'VE NOT ALSO TOLD NIGERIANS THEY'VE GONE ON APPEAL ON THIS JUDGEMENT that they went to court. THEY WENT TO THIS ACTION.

[00:10:12]BAD KIND OF CHARACTER.

[00:10:16]OR TRAIT. WHAT DO WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU?

[00:10:18]I'm You know the question I asked is if you're concerned about your loyalists picking tickets and also the fact that Governor Fubara will be I'm coming I have told you that is the support of the president.

[00:10:29]THAT IS MY CONCERN. I HAVE TOLD YOU.

[00:10:31]I have loyalists in PDP. I'm concerned about THE APC. I'M COMING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. YOU WILL NOT TELL me what I told you I will work as a team.

[00:10:39]We have loyalists in the APC.

[00:10:42]I have never hidden the fact that even my sister uh rainbow coalition We have put ourselves together.

[00:10:54]AND IT'S A POLITICAL STRATEGY.

[00:10:59]Political strategy because we have somebody who want who will fight.

[00:11:03]Who is that?

[00:11:03]>> What I mean I'm coming.

[00:11:05]Don't rush. We just want to KNOW WHO I'M ONE OF YOU. LET ME FINISH MY STATEMENT TO YOU NOW.

[00:11:12]You know that we have Fubara and I are not working.

[00:11:16]So, as a politician we must strategize.

[00:11:21]I DON'T NEED TO COME OUT on on better strategies to you.