Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike said his meetings with various politicians in the country while in London was in the interest of Nigeria.
Wike had met with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
He also met with the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi in company of former President Olusegun Obasanjo before meeting the Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar.
Speaking with journalists on his return to Nigeria on Friday, Wike also said consultations were still ongoing and that the meetings were not about only one man.
“I can confirm that this is the first time as a team that we are meeting with presidential candidates. We met with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and we met with our leader, former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo.
“We met the presidential candidate of Labour Party. We also met with our presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. For whatever it’s worth, consultation is ongoing.
“Whatever we are talking about, is for the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians. It is not parochial and tied to one person or group of persons. We believe that with what is going on, it will be for the interest of Nigerians at the end of the day,” Wike said.
“Consultation is still ongoing. Never mind some people who do not believe in the existence of this country.
“Leadership is not about you and your family. Leadership is about everybody. It’s unfortunate that we are in a country now where a man finishes eight years as a governor and brings his own son as a governor too and as member of the National Assembly.
“It’s only in this part of the world that you can see that, when we are talking about poverty everywhere. These are people who do not mean well for this Nigeria.”
Wike had been at loggerheads with Atiku after the former vice president picked Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa ahead of him as his running mate.
