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By Baba Martins

Following the inability of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to reign in the warring factions in the party, the Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike and some of his allies have again returned to London for another round of meetings.

Atiku met with Wike and some of his allies in London two weeks ago. The Presidential Candidate had reportedly spoken with the governors on the need for the PDP to go into next year’s election united.

Ayu, National Chairman of the party, renewed hostility by exchanging words in the media.

After the heated exchange, Wike and his loyalists, including Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, headed for London.

Daily Trust reliably gathered that the London meeting is meant for strategy ahead of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the National Working Committee (NWC) meetings that will hold before the establishment of the PDP campaign council later in the week.

The London meeting Daily Trust also understands has to do with whether the Wike Camp should accept a role in the council or not.

A source told Daily Trust that after the meeting with the Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in London, both parties were hopeful of a truce.

“The Wike Camp were hopeful that Atiku will prevail on the National Chairman Ayu to give up his position. But the event of the last few days might have changed the dynamics of the whole crisis. It is like both parties are not letting go. I believe they want to re-strategise and decide what their level of participation will be in the campaign council,” the source said.

Last week, Wike had promised that “something will soon happen” in the PDP, though he did not mention what exactly that is.

The Rivers governor had also said he would assist the National Chairman of the party to make the PDP lose the 2023 elections since according to him Ayu himself did not want the party to win.

This was after he accused the Chairman of the party of refusing to step down because of the N14 billion in the of the party.

The main party organs are expected to meet this week to endorse the composition of the campaign council.

The organs will also look at the crisis in the party and see whether they can still salvage the situation.

Meanwhile, the Chief Press Secretary to the Benue State Governor Nathaniel Ikyur, told Daily Trust that his principal has traveled out of the country, but on a two-week vacation.

He said :”Yes the Governor has traveled and he traveled with the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and he is expected back in the country on the 16th of this month.”

On whether he is not going to be back of the NEC meeting of the party slated for Thursday this week, Ikyur said, “No he is not going to be back before then, he is coming back on the 16th. The Governor is on a two weeks vacation, but may be his Deputy will represent him at the meeting.”

https://dailytrust.com/pdp-crisis-wike-makinde-ortom-back-to-london-for-another-round-of-meeting

another fruitless exercise. Crisis without solution.

It's all for their selfish interest.

Imagine.......

I don’t know how all these shenanigans will end…

But my warning to Wike is to make sure he doesn’t make the mistake of ing Tinubu.

It will be the costliest mistake of his life.

Those who took that route before are all in shame today.

Amaechi, Akpabio, Umahi, etc, are enough lessons for him.

But if he feels like trying, let him go ahead.

Must they go to London just to settle political disputes. It will never be well with these fools.

Some animals will still come and these fools wasting out limited foreign currency.

these two people you are just mention serving as Nigeria minister so what others achievement do you want them to have

Penguin2:
I don’t know how all these shenanigans will end…

But my warning to Wike is to make sure he doesn’t make the mistake of ing Tinubu.

It will be the costliest mistake of his life.

Those who took that route before are all in shame today.

Amaechi, Akpabio, Umahi, etc, are enough lessons for him.

But if he feels like trying, let him go ahead.

Yet they accused Buhari of going to London for medical treatment, common political meetings were being held in far London with taxpayers money for unproductive adventures while governance is relegated to the background!
They mean the entire government Houses in Rivers, Oyo, Benue and Abia are not safe enough for any secret meeting?
I now understand why Ayu called them children

Strong87:
these two people you are just mention serving as Nigeria minister so what others achievement do you want them to have

Serve as a minister and disappear into Oblivion forever, is that what you want for your life?

Look at Akpabio… He was a political colossus in Akwa Ibom before he defected to APC. Now, nobody cares if he’s dead or alive. Nobody feels sorry for him at his wars with INEC.

He lost the people.

Same with Amaechi

Same with Okorocha

Same with Umahi

Etc etc

Why must it always be in London?

London is now the anchorage point... Wonderful!

D

Islie:


https://dailytrust.com/pdp-crisis-wike-makinde-ortom-back-to-london-for-another-round-of-meeting

High B.P unlimited for some lokanised and Aaahtikulated pretenders.. The real contenders know what's up..

Wiked Wike


Let's see if Atiku and Obi run to go and gate crash the meeting un invited again

Our politicians lack Ideology, they abandoned the country they like to govern and go to the country of their slave masters. I don't know when Nigerian politicians would have sense. They all have a bush frog brain

Tinubu is the next president of Federal Republic of Nigeria

So there is no place in the whole of Nigeria they can hold meetings

With taxpayers money. Nigeria really needs Peter Obi

F

And they will say they are governing their states like this ooooo.

Hehehehe

The juju he used on ugwuanyi has cleared long time ago,but maKinde own just cleared some days ago.

Wike and Makinde are overrating themselves