Masari: Wike will assist Tinubu to win 2023 presidency with ease

Former placeholder for the vice-presidential position of the APC, Ibrahim Masari, has stated that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State would help the party clinch the 2023 presidency “with ease”.

Masari said this in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service after it emerged that Wike met the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in France.

The Rivers governor had jetted out of Nigeria for the meeting early morning in the company of Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue; Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, and other PDP stalwarts loyal to him.

Wike is said to be considering backing Tinubu for the 2023 presidential race.

Confirming the talks with Wike, Masari said, “The meeting was basically on the 2023 presidential election and, by God’s grace, we are going to work with governor Nyesom Wike, he will assist and we are going to win the election with ease, by the will of God.

“This is because Wike is a big politician, a governor and has control in some other states apart from his state. He is good to the people and has associated with his people peacefully. By the grace of God, he will be of help to us.

“If you could remember, it was APC that caused the failure of APC in Bauchi; it was members of the party that led to the defeat of the governor from their own party. In Adamawa, too. So, what I want people to understand, someone can still assist you even without joining your party if he wants to.

“With the widespread acceptance of His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Nigerians, I can assure you, by the will of God, he is going to win the election, with or without help.”