Former presidential aide to Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has reacted after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, denied filing a suit challenging the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
The Governor noted in an interview that the purported suit said to have been filed by him was the handiwork of mischief makers aimed at causing confusion and crisis in the party.
This comes shortly after it was reported that Wike sued Atiku and demanded that he be declared the winner of the party’s presidential primary election that took place in May.
In the suit, Wike reportedly asked the court to determine 8 issues which include whether the purported transfer of Tambuwal’s votes to Atiku by the PDP was illegal and void.
The suit quotes Wike to have also urged the court to decide if Tambuwal lost his claim to votes the moment he stepped down for Atiku.
He also asked the court to determine whether Tambuwal “having stepped down during the primaries ought to lose his votes.”
Speaking a day after the news broke that he filed the suit at the Federal High Court Abuja, Wike emphatically denied it.
“I don’t know anything about the so called suit. I did not ask anyone to file any suit for me. I don’t know the lawyers.”
He questioned, “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?”
Reacting to the statement, Reno via his Instagram on Friday, said that PDP has internal mechanisms which are being put into effect if Wike has grievances against the party, adding that the party and its presidential candidate have nothing but love for Wike.
In his words, “If Governor Wike has grievances, we have internal mechanisms. And those mechanisms are being put into effect. PDP and Atiku have nothing but love for Wike. We are sorry to disappoint our enemies who expected us to fight each other in court, and who perhaps sponsored the spurious law suit.”
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