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Some Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governors who are in the camp of Rivers State governor, Nye­som Wike, have begun with drawing for him over what they perceived to be his highhandedness and acts inimical to the progress of the party, Daily Independent has gathered.

A Southern governor, who is one of Wike’s staunch loyalists, on Tues­day informed Daily Independent that he and some of his colleagues are not on the same page with the Rivers State governor over the alleged victimisation of some party leaders in his state and his fraternity with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). ­

 Wike has been having a running battle with the par­ty’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and efforts to reconcile both men have not yielded any positive re­sult with just six months to the presidential election.


The rift between the duo started after the governor’s ambition of becoming the party’s vice presidential can­didate for the 2023 general elections failed following the emergence of Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as Atiku’s running mate.

Wike and his associates had demanded the resigna­tion of the National Chair­man of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, as the first condition for reconciliation, but Atiku and some party leaders refused to accede to the request.

The governor, who has been confrontational in his speeches, recently invited top APC leaders to commission some projects in the state.

He also allegedly punished some PDP leaders in the state for paying a solidarity visit to Atiku. Aside removing Sena­tor Lee Maeba as chairman of the Governing Council of the Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Rumuola in Port Harcourt, he also removed former Gov­ernor Celestine Omehia and a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara, as leaders of their party in Ikwerre and Port Harcourt City LGAs, re­spectively.

When asked why they are still blindly loyal to Wike de­spite his actions, the Southern governor said it is wrong for people to assume that they are loyal to a colleague of theirs. He, however, said he has been distancing himself since the Rivers State governor was not ready to give peace a chance.

“First, let me correct this erroneous impression. We are not loyal to him (Wike). We are only sympathetic to his cause given the manner he was treated despite all he has done to keep the party in one piece since 2015.

“The issue is that this is a group thing. We have a group and we agreed that this is what we should do. So, I am just following what the group is doing so that it won’t look as if I broke out from the camp of those of us who said we are loyal to ourselves. I am just following the principle of friendship.

“But the truth is, I have been gradually withdrawing my in the last cou­ple of days, especially given Wike’s actions against some of our party leaders in Rivers whom he accused of meeting with our presidential candi­date. The fact that you have is­sues with Atiku doesn’t mean every other person must you in fighting him. That is unacceptable.

“Take it or leave it, Atiku is one of the leaders we hold in high esteem in our party and the country today. Some of these men have known him even before the formation of PDP. So, why will you make trouble with them for seeing him?

“I am also not comfortable with his association with APC leaders in recent times while sidelining PDP leaders and some of my colleagues also share similar view”, he said.

In a related development, presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, met with Rivers State gover­nor, Nyesom Wike, outside the country in preparation for the 2023 general elections.

According to an online news medium, Tinubu met with Wike in company of Benue State governor, Sam­uel Ortom, and his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde, in .

Sources close to Wike, who confided in Daily Indepen­dent, said the meeting held in another country other than .

“Yes, we left Nigeria to meet with Tinubu on Monday. We initially thought it would hold in because that was where Tinubu went the last time he left the country. We, however, got signal close to our time of departure that we should proceed some­where else.

“Governors Ortom and Makinde who have been sup­porters of Wike from the be­ginning were also on the trip,” the source said.

The source told us that the meeting was connected with getting Wike’s for Tinubu in next year’s election.

“Yes, the discussion was centered on the 2023 election. The Tinubu camp knows the importance of votes from Riv­ers State and are looking for how to get Wike to work for them”.

https://independent.ng/pdp-govs-may-dump-wike-over-alleged-anti-party-activities/

Labour Party Peter Obi stands to gain more in all of this because APC is already a hated party all around the country because of how they failed woefully in managing the economy of the country

So if Wike works for APC, It's a win win for Labour Party because Rivers state people that I know will never or vote APC because of Wike , Never.

Damnnn niggar

No body is romancing with Apc
Wike the wicked can't associate himself with Apc

Labour got rivers already

For Wike, survival after 2023 is paramount on his mind not all these party loyalty bullshiit..

He saw a good opportunity to align with the candidate whom he projects will win 2023 and wouldn't let go of that opportunity.

That is his alibi.

He has the opportunity now to work with the candidate likey to win, so he does not even want peace and settlement.

Wike knows that after he steps down as Governor in 2023, his most caring and loving visitors would not be his current swarm of foot soldiers and asss kissers in Rivers and beyond,

but the mean mugging faces of Mr Aldulrasheed Bawa and his boys and that is surely not the sort of company he would love to keep when his tenure is done.

Anything that will cause confusion in the camps of the enemies of millions of hungry Nigerians is welcomed.

It'll be very hard to look Nigerians in the face and ask them to vote the same people that have brought them misery. It'll take some level of dissociation to do this.

Hunger knows no religion or tribe.

Wike Is Doing The Most. I'd Sideline Him If I Were Governor

Abeg no time Watin he want see he go see am..

Intrigues, alignments and realignments of interests will be witnessed in the coming weeks.

Long over due, Wike should be suspended from the PDP. Very lousy fellow

Wike is technically out of the PDP. This way he cannot work for Atiku even if his are met. His spirit is no longer in that party. It's better he is settled or expelled. APC or LP will reap Rivers state in the circumstances.

long overdue ,man is just creating unnecessary chaos in the party ,I don't know what they even see in him , thug

Things are getting out of hand for wike and Atiku
Egoist Aitku don't want to meet wike in person only sending team It's disrespectful for an issue like this handle to loyalist

Well I wish PDP the best loosing wike to APC will rack havoc to the party but the question now remains will people of rivers state accept APC

Wike and Obi must play their roles as spoiler to PDP.

Tinubu 2023 is a goal.

PDP are gradually fading away.

Nonsense man

As if wike will cast more than one vote on election day. Aboki dem don use am throwa

Wike is just being too childish. I like the way Atiku is just ignoring the tout sha

You don't fight a man who has less to lose.
They can't dare wike.
We need wike and sanwo olu to raise the state IGR collection dust.

We Deltans are tired of the status quo. We have always voted PDP but in 2023 we're voting Peter Obi of Labour Party.

If you're a Deltan contesting for a position no carry Atiku or Tinubu body. You go fail. Focus on your personal campaign.

E go sweet.

Once Wike the wicked one and Shekarau declare for Emilokan Tinubu the Jagaban Borgu, Atikulation will just call Obituary, then two of them will call INEC Chairman and tell him there is no need for Presidential election again. The winner is obvious.

They will tell INEC Chairman that instead of conducting an election which result is already known, INEC should just give them (Atiku and Obi) the money so that they use it to settle some people that have been labouring for them.

Thereafter, Atikulation will go to Dubai to contest as Mayor while Obituary will go to Pandora where he has invested all Anambra money to contest also as Mayor.

Wike is doing all this to get attention, which he no longer get......all of them should get out

Now Wike will finally be lonely

Better than playing ashawo party

I am really disappointed at the way Wike is going about this whole thing. I use to have so much respect for him but the way he has carried on since the emergence of Atiku and Okowa shows that Atiku is justified in his decision not to pick him as his running mate. What he is doing now is exactly what Amaechi did that led to the rise of Wike. If care is not taken, Someone greater than wike will emerge in Rivers PDP and he will become irrelevant.

Wike the tormentor of the PDP , another plus for our incoming president the Jagaban of the Nigerian people

Let him go his own is too much, when helping a blind man to build his house still busy hiding blocks,. to hell with Wike.