In the wake of the political period, Governor Nyesom Wike and his colleagues the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom on Friday returned to the United Kingdom to discuss their plans moving forward after the reconciliation moves in the PDP reportedly failed.
According to a source who is acquainted with the situation, Ortom, who was traveling to the United States of America, stopped over while Ortom, who had been on his annual vacation since the last meeting, joined Makinde first.
According to high ranking senior PDP official who spoke to a reporter, ‘unless a miracle, the reconciliation negotiations involving Atiku and Wike have irrevocably shattered.
‘Wike and his team are currently in London where they met this afternoon and I have it on good authority that the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, will be joining them to conclude talks that started weeks ago.’
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A different party source said, ‘The die is cast, Wike and his team have been canvassing for a Southern President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) extraction.
‘They were prepared to make concessions in the interest of the party but the arrogance of some leaders on the other side has forced them to have a rethink.’
‘They’re (Wike and co) not considering leaving the party, far from it. We all knew what happened in 2015 and 2019, our troubles came mostly from within. The outsiders simply stepped up and slide into the cracks.”
‘Ayu too has not helped matters. Instead of playing the role of a father to all, he chose to satisfy the longing of Atiku and a few of his expired political acolytes.’
If you can remember, Ayu did not contest an election, there wasn’t a contest. Initially, there were three persons penciled for the position when it was micro-zoned to Benue. They were: Sen. Gabriel Suswam, Sen. David Mark, and Ayu.”
‘It was the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, who in consultation with Wike and others thought it wise to let it go to Ayu.’
‘Ortom took it upon himself to talk to Suswam and Mark to get their buy-in and they stepped down in difference to him. Wike provided the largest chunk of the logistics which Ayu was to use to reach out to other caucuses but today, he calls all of them children. We shall see,’ the man said.
It appears as though Governor Wike of rivers state who had earlier scheduled for reconciliation with Atiku Abubakar the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate’s meeting has crumbled on itself after news of the three governors’ meeting surfaced.