Former President Goodluck Jonathan has been cautioned by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to stay in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and not join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The governor believes that the PDP is a better political platform for the ex-president to compete for the presidency in 2023 if he so desires.
Wike advised Jonathan not to be swayed by the APC’s efforts to seduce credible PDP members, claiming that the ruling party only provides destruction.
He spoke in an interview aired on Friday on BBC News Pidgin monitored by Mackenzie Sky Blog
In his words;
“If I see the former President, I will tell him what I heard. I will tell him, ‘Don’t go anywhere because these people want to destroy your reputation. They don’t like you; you should know.
“What APC is doing now is to bring reputable people from PDP and when they bring them, they destroy them so that they won’t have anywhere to go again. That’s what the APC is doing.
“I respect the former President because he is a man of integrity but if I am to advise him, I will tell him, Sir, don’t make that mistake.
“If you want to run for President, run under PDP. Nigerians cherish you more than this government. They have seen that all the things the (Buhari) government promised them are lies. So, please don’t join the APC for the sake of your reputation.
“He (Jonathan) has the right to decide whatever he wants to do but like I said before if my former President runs for President in APC, I won’t be able to vote for APC in the election because that would be anti-party but if he runs in PDP, I will work to ensure he wins the election.”