Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has denied the allegation spreading like wild harmattan fire that he gave N200 million to the deputy governorship candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Akpo Bomba Yeeh to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In a letter addressed to his Governorship candidate of AAC in Rivers state, Biopkomabo Awara, Yeah said his resignation from the party was informed by alleged hijack of the party’s structure by the All Progressives Congress in the state.

Be that as it may, speaking through Emma Okah, his Commissioner for Information and Communications, in a statement, Wike said;

“The allegation that Governor Wike gave AAC’s deputy governorship candidate (Yeeh) N200million is not correct; it is untrue and it is absolute nonsense.”

“Chief Yeeh is a respected elder from Ogoni Kingdom and his action by removing himself from being used to destabilise Rivers State and cause pain to the people is commendable.”

“Everything is not about money, as there are lots of good people around. We should commend him (Yeeh) for taking the bold and historic step, instead of calling him names. Future generations of our people will remember the moral lesson of his present actions.”