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The Senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Sandy Onor has admitted being sponsored by the governor of Rivers State, Barr. Nyesom Wike, for next year's governorship election in Cross River State, GRASSROOT REPORTERS has gathered.
Governor Wike has been criticized by many for interfering in the affairs of Cross River State, though the governor denied the claims in a recent meeting he had with some stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja.
The governor is alleged to be the brain behind the governorship ambition of Senator Onor.
Onor, in an interview with journalists at the NUJ Press Centre, Calabar, on Tuesay, was asked to clarify the speculation that Wike is behind his governorship ambition.
He revealed that the governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, in 2015, was sponsored by former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, adding that there was nothing wrong for one to get support from someone outside the state to actualize his or her ambition.
Senator Onor maintained that he has close political ties with Governor Wike, stressing that he and Wike were also old time friends.
He said:
“I cannot run away from such question. I know that it was coming. It is true that I have closer political friendship with Gov Wike.
“There’s no politician who has serious ambition at any time that would not have key persons to give him political supports, and sometimes finance.
“Mr Donald Duke had Dangote. Liyel Imoke had Obasanjo. Gov Ayade had Tompolo, etc. It is not only in Cross River State. It is not a new thing. You want to go for the presidency, you must have international networks of friends and supports. So, if I have Wike as my old-time friend expressing happiness at my aspiration, what’s wrong with it?” He queried.
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