… insists mistake of the past cannot repeat itself
…we’ll only support a committed and unshakeable person
Apparently, the pendulum would be allowed to swing to any direction in Rivers State as Federal Capital Territory FCT minister Nyesom Wike bared it all that the next Guber candidate of the State can come from any zone. 
Wike made this disclosure in his address during a pre-convention reception organized for Rivers PDP stakeholders in Abuja.
He said: “I have been hearing people say that I have endorsed them , it’s their business.
“What happened to us before will not happen again .
Nobody should be carried away with the speculations on social media, I’m not there . Whatever you read on social media please know that I’m not there .
“At the appropriate time we will me to take decision and look at ourselves eyeball to eyeball , and tell ourselves the truth .
“No amount of intimidation, blackmail will make me to make the mistake I made again .
He explained that: “If anybody is bringing money to you, it’s your business but I will not make the mistake again.
“If anybody brings anything to you , take as you want to take but I will not , because God is not stupid. God cannot give you an opportunity to correct your mistake and you tell Him that He is stupid.
“You must thank God for giving you another opportunity because it is not everyone that will have such opportunity to correct their past mistake.
“This time our eyes are open and our ears are on the ground.
So, if you like, for your selfishness go and collect electric pole contract or drainage contract, that’s your business , I’m not there .
“Whoever is meeting you and telling you that he is close to me , I want to tell you that everybody is close to me.If the person can be , you too can be .
“If anybody says he has money to spend , no problem , we will swallow your money because we have God . We have done it before and we are going to do it again.
“I have been hearing so many things , some people are sending people to write on social media but the chairman of Elders Forum and our leader know that I can not take any decision alone without calling them.
“When we want to take decision, if they don’t agree, I will make them to agree and how I do it is not your business. It’s politics. I will tell them why it should be so and make them to agree.
“I will not fall for all those ethnic sentiment and blackmail, we will support someone who understand where we are coming from , someone who is committed to us , someone who understands how we feel , how we started , someone who stood strong when it mattered most .
“This time , where you come from doesn’t matter , the part of Rivers State doesn’t matter , what matters is that you come from Rivers State.
“You can come from anywhere but it must be someone who knows the pains we went through and how blood was gushing.
“You’re sending people to social media to preach ethnicity, it will not work but if you want to fight me , okay .
“I don’t want someone who will go and bring people who will fight us tomorrow.He who has ears , let him hear , don’t say that I didn’t tell you .
“I have been hearing that people are campaigning, spending money , don’t worry I will teach you how to spend money .
