Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has stated that he will announce his top choice for president in January 2023.
The governor announced this on Thursday and added that he will actively support his chosen candidate around the country.
Wike stated when he commissioned the tenth flyover by his administration in the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers.
He said, “From January next year, I will campaign to my people whom they will vote for.
“So, all of you who have been in suspense, who have been saying all kinds of things, abusing me, wait. January is here.
“Not only will I tell them (my people) whom to vote, I will move from state to state (for campaigns) and why they should vote for the person, nothing will happen.”
Following his defeat in the PDP presidential primaries in May, Wike and Atiku Abubakar have been at odds over the call for the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, resignation.
In order to back Atiku’s bid for the presidency in 2023, Wike and other four PDP governors, collectively known as the G5 or the Integrity Group, have insisted that Ayu, who was born in Benue, must resign and be replaced by a southerner.