2023: ONLY DEATH CAN MAKE ME STEP DOWN - WIKE

Rivers governor Nyesom Wike is ready to step down from the 2023 presidential race.....

...if he dies.

"Why will I step down for anybody? If you want to do consensus, there must be equity and fairness. Are the hands of those demanding consensus clean?

"People talking about consensus are the ones running the election. Is it the party's decision?

"It is not the party that is talking. In politics, there is something called shine shine bobo. The more you look, the less you see. Some people think they can deceive me with consensus. It's a scam.

"I don't like being deceived in my life," the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant told BBC Pidgin.

"The only thing that can make me step down is death. If I am alive, we will run this thing, we will hold the primary on May 28/29."

Wike said in the past that he would support whoever emerges the party's presidential candidate.