Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, has berated some elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the State saying they have relocated to Abuja to plot against him.
Wike said his detractors were angry that they failed to clinch the governorship ticket of the party for the 2023 election.
The Governor recalled how some of them visited him during his birthday in 2021 and urged him to contest the presidential ticket.
But he said having failed in their ambitions, they ran to Abuja to join forces against him.
Wike spoke on Monday during the 74th birthday reception organised to honour the former Governor Peter Odili at the private residence built and donated to him by the State government in Old Government Residential Area, Port Harcourt.
Wike said those elders came to him on their own accord and showed a commitment that they would stay to support him and his decisions.
He said: “On my last birthday, 12 midnight, one of our elders called me that they wanted to see me. They came to me and said they came to wish me happy birthday.
“Then, they presented me a letter that I should run for president. All of them including Dr. Abiye (Sekibo) signed the document.
“I say okay, you people too should go and give me someone who would be governor after me. They all sat there, looking left and right