The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has taken a new dimension.
This is as members of the PDP loyal to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State have pulled out of the campaign of the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
Speaking after a long meeting at the private residence of Wike in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Wike’s loyalists vowed not to partake in Atiku’s campaign activities until the chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu resigns.
According to Channels Television, those present at the meeting include Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; former Governors Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo, Ayo Fayose of Ekiti, Donald Duke of Cross River, Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe, and Jonah Jang of Plateau, former Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke.
Others at the meeting are elder statesmen, Olabode George, Jerry Gana; South-South Chairman of the PDP, Dan Orbih; former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chibudom Nwuche; Senator Suleiman Nazif, Nnenna Ukeje, among several others.
Lagos PDP Chieftain, Chief Olabode George reportedly read the communique of the group.
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