Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has revealed that he made attempts to lure President-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to abandon the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2018.
He said he met the President-elect in 2018 at his Bourdillon home in Lagos around 2:00am in his bid to convince Tinubu to join the main opposition party.
Wike spoke on Wednesday night at the Government House, Port Harcourt during a state banquet in honour of the President-elect, who is on a two-day official visit to Rivers State.
The governor, however, said Tinubu turned down his offer after he (Wike) listed possible presidential candidates in PDP.
He said: “I met him first in 2018 around 2:00am in his house -Bourdillon. I was sent to go and talk to him, how he can join us. I went to him, I said ‘sir, I hear you can’t find your feet again in APC. Why not join us and let’s support one of these our candidates to win the 2019 election?
