{"id":47730,"date":"2023-03-22T15:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/22\/peter-obi-was-invited-to-sarakis-house-at-night-in-2019-because-i-picked-him-as-atikus-vice-wike\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T15:59:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T15:59:43","slug":"peter-obi-was-invited-to-sarakis-house-at-night-in-2019-because-i-picked-him-as-atikus-vice-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/22\/peter-obi-was-invited-to-sarakis-house-at-night-in-2019-because-i-picked-him-as-atikus-vice-wike\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi Was Invited To Saraki&#8217;s House At Night In 2019 Because I Picked Him As Atiku&#8217;s Vice &#8211; Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has come out to narrate how he was one of the first people in the People\u2019s Democratic Party to pick Labour Party\u2019s Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi as Atiku\u2019s Vice candidate back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to Governor Wike who addressed the media today in a media chat, he did not work against Peter Obi during the 2023 presidential election. <\/p>\n<p>In his own words as seen on Channels television\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, ask Peter Obi, I was one of the team that chose Peter Obi to be the vice presidential candidate to Atiku. When we met in Atiku\u2019s house, he said these are the names and we chose Peter Obi. Peter Obi was invited to Saraki\u2019s house that night, I was fought by people like Ekweremadu and my own friend, the governor of Ebonyi state. Every blame was on why should I be the one to chose a candidate for the South East, did Peter Obi come out to say Governor Wike was the one who supported be to be the vice presidential candidate? He didn\u2019t say so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI only told Nigerians that I would support a Southern candidacy, as someone who attended the meeting of southern governor\u2019s in Lagos State, we agreed that whichever party you belonged to, you must support a Southern candidate. So when he says I came out against him, it\u2019s unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full video here. (Start from 2:00)<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: AnnSports (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nEkweremadu<br \/>Nyesom Wike<br \/>Peter Obi<br \/>Rivers State<br \/>Wike<br \/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has come out to narrate how he was one of the first people in the People\u2019s Democratic Party to pick Labour Party\u2019s Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi as Atiku\u2019s Vice candidate back in 2019. 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