You’re a victim of self-inflicted alcohol poisoning – Atiku’s aide fires back at Wike over poisoning at PDP secretariat

Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, has suggested that former Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State should consider reducing his alcohol consumption. This advice comes in light of Wike’s revelation that his liver and kidneys failed, which he attributed to being poisoned at the PDP’s Secretariat in 2018.

Shaibu acknowledged Wike’s well-known fondness for alcohol, particularly whiskey, which the governor himself has admitted to consuming even in the early hours of the day. Shaibu posited that given Wike’s drinking habits, it is more plausible that he experienced alcohol poisoning rather than food poisoning.

“Governor Wike has always been open about his intense and indubitable love for whiskey. He even said back in March that he was sipping a 40-year-old whiskey with his friends while watching Atiku and others protesting on TV at 11 am.

“Governor Wike has also been seen drinking and dancing in videos, including one he did with former Governor Rochas Okorocha. If Wike was indeed poisoned and his organs failed, he ought to be a teetotaller by now and reduce his drinking.

“I am not a medical doctor, but it is general knowledge that excessive alcohol consumption leads to high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, digestive problems; and cancer of the breast, mouth, throat, oesophagus, voice box, liver, colon and rectum,” he said.

“Other ailments associated with excessive drinking include: weakening of the immune system, increasing the chances of getting sick; learning and memory problems, including dementia and poor sexual performance. Wike should look inwards. Let us assume that he was poisoned by food. Was his hoarse and husky voice also caused by food poisoning?