As the crisis on the opposition party in Nigeria continues to brew, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has described Governor Nyesom Wike as the pillar and ‘Jagaban’ of the party.
Atiku asserted that he holds Wike in very high esteem, pointing out that he is a man of revolution.
He disclosed this through the spokesperson of his presidential campaign, Segun Sowunmi, in an Arise Television interview which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York.
He maintained that the Rivers State governor is a straightforward person who says things as they are.
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‘Wike is our own Jagaban; how do you explain a governor being able to keep other governors in line? One thing you can’t deny him is that he has the ability to say it as it is. He will not bend or colour things.
‘Atiku holds Wike in high esteem, time and space may not bring them together, but he does. Wike is a man of revolution; he is one of the totems of PDP,’ he said.
There are claims of crisis within the PDP following Atiku’s selection of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate.
Fillers have it that Wike and some PDP members are aggrieved that Atiku picked Okowa ahead of Wike, who came second during the party’s presidential candidate.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has asserted that the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, made terrible mistakes in his choice of running mate saying that the former Vice President ought to have reached out to Governor Nyesom Wike before announcing his running mate for the 2023 election.
Africa Today News, New York recalls that Atiku, Wike, and 13 others had contested to be flagbearers of the PDP, however, the former number two man emerged winner and shortly went on to announce Senator Ifeanyi Okowa ashis running mate.
Many party members were unhappy with the selection of Okowa because, of the 17 stakeholders who attended the forum to nominate Atiku’s vice presidential candidate, 14 said Wike should be that person’s running mate.