Following the lingering crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, Governor Nyesom Wike’s team is said to have withdrawn from the campaign Council of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The news came shortly after a meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State’s capital, early Wednesday morning.
DAILY POST has learned that during the meeting, members of the Rivers State Governor’s team vowed not to participate in Atiku’s campaign ahead of the 2023 general elections.
They claim they will not participate in the upcoming presidential election until the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, resigns.
In a communique read by a PDP chieftain, Olabode George, at the meeting at Governor Wike’s village home, it was resolved that unless Ayu resigns his position as the party’s national chairman in exchange for an Acting Southern Chairman, the team would never participate in the campaigns.
Bode George, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, former Governors of Ondo, Olusegun Mimiko, Donald Duke of Cross River, Jonah Jang of Plateau, Ayo Fayose of Ekiti States, Prof Jerry Gana, and others attended the meeting.
According to a source, the meeting began around 7 p.m. on Tuesday and lasted until about 3 a.m. on Wednesday.
Remember that Wike’s supporters in the main opposition party demanded Ayu’s resignation as the only condition for restoring normalcy in the party.
The current crisis arose as a result of the outcome of the party’s presidential primary election, which resulted in the former vice president being elected as the party’s flagbearer.
