Former President Olusegun Obasanjo backs Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), for the country’s highest office and is asking Wike to support Obi’s ambition.
The former president is said to have asked Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, to throw his weight behind the presidential bid of Obi.
Obasanjo is said to have made the request at a meeting he held with the Rivers governor in London on Thursday.
“Obasanjo wants a southerner to be president but does not think Bola Tinubu is the best option,” a source privy to the meeting said.
“The former president has also asked Wike and his supporters to back Obi.”
In the last few days, Wike has been sought after by Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Obasanjo on behalf of Obi.
Source: https://www.thecable.ng/sources-obasanjo-lobbying-wike-to-support-peter-obis-presidential-bid