Wike Meets PDP Governors In Abuja Over Atiku Presidential Aid

Nyesom Wike, the Rivers state Governor, on Sunday, met with past and current Governors of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in a bid to solve the lingering crisis rocking the Party.
Wike had recently called Atiku Abubakar, the PDP Presidential Candidate ‘a liar’ over his seeming lack of effort at reconciliation following their fallout after his selection of Ifeanyi Okowa, the Delta State Governor, as his running mate.
The closed-door meeting, which was held in Rivers State Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, was attended by state governors known to be his major backers including Sam Ortom, Benue, Seyi Makinde, Oyo, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu, and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia).
Also in the meeting were former state governors including Donald Duke (Cross River), Gabriel Suswam (Benue), Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Ibrahim Idris (Kogi) and Jonah Jang (Plateau).
Others include former PDP Deputy National Vice Chairman North, Senator Suleiman Nazif; former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Adoke; member of the House of Representatives from Kogi State, Tijjani Yusuf, among others.
The meeting was largely geared towards figuring out a way forward.The group is miffed that despite humiliating the Rivers governor, the PDP presidential candidate had yet to reach out to him to placate him as being pushed by Governor Ortom.
Gana, a member of the PDP Board of Trustees and North Central Coordinator of the Wike Presidential campaign, spoke briefly to reporters after the meeting saying: “This is the first meeting we are holding with all our candidates in the states after the primaries. We are united and are one.
“We know that developments will unfold and when they do, we shall brief Nigerians.”