By Marcus Ikechukwu
The peace talks between the presidential flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, has eventually collapsed.
This unfortunate development occurred when the team of the Rivers State Governor in the party took a final decision to pull out of the campaign Council of the party’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday.
Rising from their stormy meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital early morning on Wednesday, members of the team vowed not to partake in Atiku’s campaign activities pending the resignation of the estranged PDP’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu.
In a communique read by the chieftain of the PDP, Olabode George in the meeting held in the village home of Governor Wike, it was resolved that unless Ayu resigns his position as the national chairman of the party for an Acting southern chairman, the team would never participate in the campaigns.
Some of the key faces in the meeting include Bode George, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state, former Governors of Ondo, Olusegun Mimiko, Donald Duke of Cross River, Jonah Jang of Plateau and Ayo Fayose of Ekiti states and Prof Jerry Gana among others.
According to a source, the meeting which started at about 7pm on Tuesday night lasted till about 3am on Wednesday.
