BREAKING: Wike Finally Opens Up on Tinubu's Presidency, Says Rotational Presidency Settled

• The governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has thanked Nigerians for ensuring that power returns to the southern part of Nigeria
• The PDP chieftain maintained that the call for a southern presidency was settled with the emergence of Bola Tinubu, the President-elect
• Wike said this while commissioning the 5,000,000-litre Aviation Fuel Dispensing Depot at the Ibadan airport in the Alakia area of Oyo state alongside Seyi Makinde, the state governor

Ibadan, Oyo - Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers state, has commented on the 2023 presidential election, sending gratitude to Nigerians for supporting the shifting of power to the southern part of Nigeria.

The governor, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated that the call for the rotational presidency had been settled with the emergence of Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, who is from the southern region, Channels Television reported.

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Wike said this on Friday, March 3, when he joined his counterpart in Oyo, Seyi Makinde, in the commissioning of the state's 5,000,000-litre Aviation Fuel Dispensing Depot at the Ibadan airport in the Alakia area of the state.

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The Rivers state governor expressed his happiness that Makinde was one of the people that supported the power shift to the southern part of the country after 8 years of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Buhari is from Katsina, a state in the northwest geopolitical zone, and he took over from Goodluck Jonathan, a southerner.

Wike said:

"I have told people that those who fight for change, who fight for revolution may not be directed beneficiaries of that fight, but today, history has it that all of us now are aware that when power finishes from the south, it will go to the north; when it finishes from the north, it will come to the south."

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Tragedy strikes, dozens die as explosion rocks Rivers state

Legit.ng earlier reported that an explosion had killed dozens of people in the Rumuekpe community in the Emohua local government area of Rivers state.

Those who died at the scene of the explosion are the ones engaging in the refining of the stolen crude oil.

Fyneface Fyneface, a director at the Youth and empowerment advocacy centre (YEAC-Nigeria) disclosed that the fire started at about 2am on Friday.

Source: Legit.ng