Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has dismissed consensus advocates in the Peoples Democratic Party. He described them as insincere.
Wike, speaking in Minna to woo delegates for his ambition, said consensus was alien to the party’s constitution.
He said the only condition under which he could accept consensus was if it was based on fairness.
“I will agree on consensus if it is based on equity, justice and fairness, because as it is, those who are talking about consensus are not sincere and there is nothing like consensus in our constitution,” he said.
He promised to tackle the festering insecurity in parts of the country to allow farmers return to their farms and grow the economy.
He said: “The day you give me the ticket is the day we will start to form the government, because by giving me the ticket, I know I’ve won the election already.
“It is only when you’ve given me the ticket that I’ll make sure that I present, put together the best of professionals that will help me to run the affairs of this country.”
He slammed the federal government for pardoning former Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye and former Taraba Governor Jolly Nyame, both of whom had been jailed for corruption.
He said: “They turned around to release from prison those people that they said are corrupt. What a country and what a government!
“Doing it for political reasons because the elections are coming and they want (Joshua) Dariye to help their party in Plateau State. They want (Jolly) Nyame to help them in Taraba State. Why don’t they give pardon to James Ibori for example?”
