TELL Magazine

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, stunned his party people on Wednesday when he congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. 

In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu,  Governor Wike urged the President to use his victory to work for all Nigerians,  irrespective of their political leanings. 

The governor also called on the President to work towards the unity of the country,  noting that the country is divided.  

Wike, who is a leader of the main opposition party, PDP, was a major financier of Atiku Abubakar, who was the candidate of the PDP in the presidential election.