PDP must apologise over Atiku’s controversial remark – Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has called on the Peoples Democratic Party to apologize to Nigerians over a recent controversial remark made by its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar.

Recall that Atiku in a rally in Kaduna over the weekend said: “I know the whole of this country. I have built bridges across this country. I think what the average northerner needs is somebody who is from the north, who also understands the other parts of Nigeria, and who has been able to build bridges across the rest of the country.

“This is what the northerner needs. He (the northerner) doesn’t need a Yoruba candidate or an Igbo candidate. This is what the northerner needs. I stand before you as a pan-Nigerian of northern origin”.

Speaking in Port Harcourt on Monday shortly after arriving from Spain, Wike said while he doubted the possibility of Atiku making such a statement at a critical time of the nation’s history, such disposition of the presidential candidate would justify his fight for equity, justice and fairness in the PDP, The Nations said.

According to him, the party must urgently address the issue and appeal to Nigerians otherwise people would begin to see the party as one that lacked justice and equity.

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