Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described the call for a consensus Presidential candidate in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as rubbish and fake news and deceptive.
He said this when he spoke with PDP delegates and members in Calabar, on Wednesday.
This is as former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar and some other aspirants have been clamouring for a consensus Presidential candidate for the PDP.
The Presidential aspirant said consensus could only happen through equity, justice, and fairness.
He recalled telling a former Senate President that he would not support a consensus arrangement in PDP.
According to Wike: “I am not here for any consensus rubbish. I have told people not to deceive our party members with fake news about consensus. We all believe in consensus, but it must come with equity, justice, and fairness.
“When some of my colleagues led by the former Senate President came to me, I told them I would not fall into the consensus trap. If you want to run for election, please run, and if you are not ready, please go home.
“They want somebody who would come and bow down for them. But what the country needs now is fearless and courageous somebody.”
