Wike pledges support for Peter Obi

<p><strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Governor Nyesom Wike<&sol;a> of Rivers State on Thursday pledged to provide &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;logistics support” for the campaigns of Labour Party &lpar;LP&rpar; presidential candidate&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OpenLife&period;ng">Peter Obi<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wike also said Obi&comma; a former Anambra State governor&comma; has all the characteristic to lead Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Rivers governor made this known to the LP presidential candidate in Port Harcourt&comma; the state capital&comma; at the venue of the Nkpolu-Oroworokwo Flyover inauguration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Each time you want to campaign in the state&comma; let me know&comma; all the logistics support&comma; we will give to you&comma;” Wike told Obi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;why-i-said-god-bless-pd-in-presidential-rally-tinubu-opens-up&sol;">Why I Said God Bless PD&&num;8230&semi;In APC Presidential Rally <&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Obi and his running mate&comma; Datti Baba-Ahmed were in the state capital to commission the 9th flyover by the present administration&period; They were excitedly received by a large crowd of their supporters known as &OpenCurlyQuote;Obidients’&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For months&comma; Wike and four other governors in the Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar; have demanded the resignation of Iyorchia Ayu as PDP national chairman as a precondition to support the party’s presidential candidate&comma; Atiku Abubakar&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While Wike and his allies have not been seen to campaign for Atiku&comma; it is not clear whether they will support Obi&comma; or Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar; in the contest for Aso Rock’s top job which has been described by analysts and keen observers as a three-horse race&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;