Wike had accused Dogara of deviating from his earlier stance, by backing Atiku’s presidential bid.
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has berated the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, over his recent comments on his (Dogara) support for the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
Dogara who asked Wike to give him a written consent to divulge their conversation so that the public could judge who was saying the truth, noted that the details of their conversation were sealed up with him.
SaharaReporters had reported that Wike described Digara as a person without character.
Wike had accused Dogara of deviating from his earlier stance, by backing Atiku’s presidential bid.
However, Dogara, responding through his Twitter handle, wrote “To my brother, Governor Nyesom Wike; if there is anything you are suffering from, I never thought amnesia would be one of them. Why would you think no one, except you, is entitled to a certain set of principles he or she cannot compromise?
“It’s such a pity if you cannot remember what our discussion and agreement was all about. Why should only your own position be respected and followed? I would never betray a friend and a brother; that is why I won’t respond to your tirade on live TV.
“The details of our conversation is (sic) sealed up with me but if you feel it’s okay to throw it to the public, kindly give me a written consent to divulge it so that the public can judge who is saying the truth. Thank God there was a witness.”
Dogara, and other aggrieved Northern All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders, had adopted Atiku for the 2023 elections.
The leaders, made up of Northern Christian leaders in the APC and other stakeholders, said the PDP candidate was adopted following the resolve of the leaders to work with their Muslim counterparts in the North to defeat the same-faith presidential ticket of the APC.