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River State Governor, Nyesom Wike has mocked his Kano counterpart, Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje over a viral video in which he reportedly received wads of dollar notes from a contractor as bribe.
Governor Ganduje who is the chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) campaign council for Edo State governorship election had taunted Governor Wike who similarly is the campaign chairman of the peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that the Rivers governor would be sent to an isolation centre ahead of the September 19 governorship polls.
Responding to the statement on Tuesday, Wike ridiculed him, stating that he cannot influence the election with his ”dollars”.
“Yesterday, I was told and today I read on the pages of newspapers that one Governor Ganduje said that he is going to isolate me until the election is over,” he said at the inauguration of the PDP campaign team in Abuja.
“If Nigeria is supposed to be a country, who is supposed to be isolated? A man who pockets dollars in ‘babanriga’ from contractors is not isolated and you say that me should be isolated. In this country, where are we heading to?
“Let me tell you why they [APC] made Ganduje the chairman of the campaign council – it is because of the dollars they saw.
“What he doesn’t understand is that we are from the Niger Delta; we shall chop his dollar and we will chop him to a coma. So, Ganduje, your dollar will not work in Edo State, we have integrity in our party.”
The PDP candidate and incumbent governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki would contest against his rival and candidate of the APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu who is believed to have the backing of former governor, Adams OShiomhole.
