After seven hours of meeting from Tuesday to Wednesday, the group of Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party erated its stand that the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu must resign for a southern chairman.
This comes a few days before September 28, the official date for campaign kick-off as given by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The group which held its meeting from 7 pm on Tuesday to 2 am on Wednesday at the private residence of Governor Wike in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Tuesday made it clear that it was withdrawing from the presidential campaign of the party for the 2023 general election.
In a report by ChannelsTV, the members made it clear that none of them will participate in whatever capacity in the campaign council even though some members were appointed as the leaders and members of the presidential campaign.
The group who spoke to journalists on Wednesday had the presence of 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 and 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.
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HRM King O'tuwa 1st
(September 21, 2022 - 9:50 am)The Ibo with backbone. Wike! We have the OIL, we have the POWER. Nwa-Ike will not hesitate to use it when the self proclaimed mini establishment brazenly undermines us. Finally, we found a voice and a great Ibo leader. The future.
HRM King O'tuwa 1st
(September 21, 2022 - 10:18 am)The Northern Establishment woke up a sleeping giant with their disrespect and disregard for the Eastern Niger-Area. The daylight arrogance is blinding. Now, Wike, single handedly, is shifting the political landscape to the real resource providers. The EAST. The people who have the real power. The BREAD providers who have been maligned, cheated, abused, slaughtered, and politically used up. The RUDE Awakening has dawned us all. Maybe this time, we will have meaningful reversal of the status quo with equitable distribution of resources for ALL.
HRM King O’tuwa 1st, MD/PhD Computer Medicine.