Rivers State Governor, Nyseom Wike has urged Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate not to mind his critics in Anambra State as they are only jealous of for performance when he was a governor of Anambra State.
Peter Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Baba-Ahmed are currently in Rivers State to commission the Ikoku flyover.
Speaking at the event, Governor Wike condemned the incumbent governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo over his recent verbal attacks on the Labour Party candidate.
On Monday, Soludo had set the internet on fire when he released a lengthy article rubbishing the presidential ambition of Obi. He stated that Obi stood no chance whatsoever of winning the presidential race.
While speaking on the matter on Thursday, Wike urged Obi to ignore such attacks, stressing that Nigerians don’t like leaders who are upright.
The governor who believed that some of the attacks on Obi were due to jealousy, asked those attacking the LP presidential candidate to face their duty.
He said: “You have worked very well in Anambra. But some people because of the level you are now, they are envying you, they can come out and say all manner of rubbish, don’t worry, that is how it is.
“It is your own people that will kill you first, so don’t bother about those things. I have told people, stop criticizing people who have already left. If you are a professor, professor well, if you are a doctor, doctor well”.