Nigeria, Feb. 1 -- Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has failed to meet the January deadline, which he set for the unveiling of his preferred presidential candidate for the 2023 election.

PREMIUM TIMES in November last year reported how Mr Wike assured his supporters that he was going to adopt a presidential candidate for them to vote for in next month's presidential election.

He repeated the promise in December last year saying he was going to campaign for his preferred presidential candidate in all parts of the country and that "nothing will happen".

"So, all of you who have been in suspense, who have been saying all kinds of things, abusing me, wait, January is here," Mr Wike said while commissioning a flyover in Port Harcourt. ...