Wike DENIES purported suit against Atiku’s candidacy

Contrary to earlier report suggesting a law suit against the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, by Rivers state governor and fellow contender for the PDP presidential ticket, Nyesom Wike, Governor Wike has come out to deny any such suits emanating from his camp or by his person.

The media was flooded with this news Friday morning, but in an exclusive chat with THISDAY, the Governor denied knowing anything whatsoever about the purported suit or even knowing the lawyers who filed the suit in the first instance.

“I don’t know anything about the so called suit. I did not ask anyone to file any suit for me.”

According to the purported suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022, the plaintiffs were said to have hinged their claims on the grounds that the PDP primary conferred undue advantage on Atiku which aided his emergence as candidate of the PDP in the May 28 and 29 primary.

Reacting to the publication, Wike flatly denied the suit said to have been filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja. He described the suit as the handiwork of mischief makers who merely want to use him to score cheap political goals.

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He stated emphatically, “I don’t know the lawyers”. Continuing, he said, “am I a kid to be filing a suit at this time. I had 14 days after the primary within which to have filed any suit. I didn’t do that then, is it two months after primary I will file a suit?

He also recalled that, “just yesterday they came up with the claim that I ordered my Chief Security Officer to pull down PDP flag in Government House. This is all false, it’s all propaganda. Some people are trying to use me to win the election. Please disregard all these lies”.