The media aide to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Wike, on Saturday clarified that the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, didn’t offer his principal senatorial ticket when they met in London, last month.
Recall that some media reports had said that the governor said this during the media chat on Friday.
But Ebiri, the Special Assistant on Media to the governor, in a statement on Saturday said not only was the report untrue but also misleading.
He, however, agreed that Governor Wike did say he was asked to go pick a ticket for the red chamber of the National Assembly, which he declined, pointing out that he neither mentioned Tinubu nor anyone else.
The statement reads, “Our attention has been drawn to a misleading report in some national dailies and online newspapers, particularly, Sahara Reporters that the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, offered the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, senatorial ticket to defect to the APC.
“Governor Wike was alleged to have disclosed this during the media chat that was aired on Channels Television, African Independent Television, Nigerian Television Authority and TVC on Friday, September 23, 2022.
“We wish to state emphatically that this news is false, baseless and ludicrous as the Rivers State governor throughout the media chat never mentioned the name of the APC presidential candidate or alluded to him offering him a senatorial ticket.
“To lay the facts bare, we have decided to include herein the transcript of what governor Wike said concerning senatorial form.
“First of all, this is how you know those who are prepared to run an election. Some of them collected presidential form at the same time collected senatorial form.
“You’ll know that those people are not serious to run.”