2019: Buhari, APC sponsoring some presidential aspirants in PDP – Wike

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The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that some of the presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are being sponsored by the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
Wike made this known in an interview with an online newspaper, Premium Times.
He added that those who are complaining about him in the party are the people planted in the party by the APC.
He said: “In politics, every governor supports the party.
“Most leaders support the party.
“Those who are complaining about me are those who are afraid because they are the agents of APC.
“We know those PDP presidential aspirants who are agents of PDP.
“We know them.
“The Presidency and the APC have planted people within our party and we know it.
“They planted Modu Sheriff and we fell for it.
“I bought into it not knowing it was a set-up.
“And then when we realised, we said no, we have to fight it.
“And we fought it.
“I cannot again fall the fool that I became under Ali Modu Sheriff.
“I know some of our presidential aspirants who are running on the sponsorship of the APC and the Presidency.”