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Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, has asserted that Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, has destroyed the hopes of the opposition party in the general elections of 2023.<\/p>\n
This was in response to the recent media interview the governor gave on Friday in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State.<\/p>\n
In the interview, Wike made a variety of claims about the dissension within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n
Also Read:\u00a0PDP Crisis: Ayu Collected N1billion In Lagos Before Primaries, Never Remitted It \u2013 Wike<\/strong><\/p>\n He called the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, \u201cvery corrupt,\u201d stating that he received N1 billion from a presidential candidate in Lagos without paying it over to the party.<\/p>\n The Governor also slammed the presidential candidate of the main opposition, Atiku Abubakar, for backing the National Chairman who was asked to resign in the interest of equity and fairness.<\/p>\n However, in a terse reply posted on his social media handles shortly after Wike\u2019s interview, Fani-Kayode said the PDP chieftain had completely broken the confidence of Nigerians in the opposition party.<\/p>\n He, therefore, tipped the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the president in 2023.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cWike has destroyed PDP. He said their presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, is dishonest, unreliable, untrustworthy and deceitful. He said their National Chairman, Iyorcha Ayu, is a corrupt, arrogant, conceited, racist, power-hungry, anti-southern bigot. He said PDP wants to turn Southerners into slaves. He has smashed their balls. ABAT is our next president!\u201d<\/p>\n Fani-Kayode says Wike has smashed PDP\u2019s chances in 2023 elections<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n