FLASHBACK: Why Dino Melaye called Wike an 'attention seeker' before the presidential elections

The relationship between Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kogi State and Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike turned sour after the latter swore to fight against the candidacy of his Atiku Abubakar before the presidential elections.

Wike and five other governors from the party had withdrawn their support of Atiku due to the belief the presidential ticket must return to the south.

While the rancor spread across the bases of the party, the head-to-head confrontation between Wike and Dino caught the most attention in the media.

One of these media confrontations led Dino Melaye to describe Wike as an attention seeker because he had granted live coverage more than any other public officer in the world.

Melaye made the claim while appearing on Arise TV’s morning show.

Melaye said, “Wike is an attention seeker. He wants to be talked about in the news at all times.

“He has granted live coverage more than any other public officer in the world. He wants to do ground-breaking of a project, he goes live. He wants to do foundation, he goes live, one single project five, six people will come and you create ceremonies and waste the taxpayers’ money of Rivers State.”

This was coming after Wike had on April 11 during a media chat in Port Harcourt said Melaye lacked what it takes to become Governor of Kogi State.

Melaye had, while replying to Wike, linked his rift with him to the governor’s inability to secure the party’s presidential ticket in 2022 and the refusal of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to pick him as his running mate.

The face-off between both politicians began when Wike kicked against Melaye’s bid to secure the PDP ticket for the Kogi gubernatorial election.