Former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, said all governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were involved in the constitution of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet.
Wike made this disclosure, saying all the 13 PDP governors were asked to submit ten names each for ministerial appointments by Tinubu.
The Federal Capital Territory minister, a disgruntled chieftain of the main opposition revealed this in defence of his appointment in an interview with newsmen after his inauguration.
He also said he secured the approbation of the PDP leadership.
His word, “They say they are going to sanction me that I took an appointment. That is ridiculous. The President wrote to every governor, 36 state governors, to bring names of people to appoint. Every PDP governor wrote a letter and nominated 10 persons for appointment to this government.
“The one they talk about is Wike. Before this appointment came, I wrote to the national party chairman, I wrote to the minority leaders of the House of Reps and Senate, I wrote to the zonal chairman of the party, I wrote to my state chairman, I wrote to my governor; all of them wrote me back and sent it. I have it in evidence, documented.’’
