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BREAKING: Obasanjo, Wike, Peter Obi 3 Other Govs Meet In London [PHOTO]
Obasanjo met with Wike, Peter Obi and three other Governors in London.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, Labour Party (LP) Presidential flagbearer Peter Obi and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike are meeting in London.
According to the Punch, Wike attended the meeting with his allies including Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State; Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, among others.
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However, details of the meeting can not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report but observers believe it may not be unconnected with the 2023 general elections.
Our correspondent gathered that a meeting between Wike and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, will also hold in London later today.
Before today’s meeting in London, there are increasing fears in the PDP that the crisis between Atiku and Wike may affect its chances in the 2023 presidential elections.
The party leaders, who spoke to The PUNCH, in separate interviews on Wednesday, expressed concern about the growing relationship between Wike and influential members of the All Progressives Congress, describing the development as worrisome
The party’s top members specifically expressed concern over the meeting Wike and two other PDP governors held with the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in London on Monday.
The party elders are apprehensive that the activities of Wike and the governors of Oyo and Benue states, Seyi Makinde and Samuel Ortom, may negatively affect the PDP’s chances in the 2023 presidential election.
It was gathered that the Tuesday meeting between Wike and Tinubu in the UK dominated discourse among the PDP hierarchy on Wednesday.
The National Working Committee of the party met with PDP governorship candidates across the 36 states of the federation at its Wadata Plaza headquarters in Wuse, Abuja, on Wednesday.
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The meeting was attended by all PDP governorship candidates except the Oyo State governor, who is currently out of the country.
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