2023: Aggrieved PDP governors meet in Enugu, plot next move
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2023 Presidency: Aggrieved PDP governors meet in Enugu, plot next move

‘The five PDP governors meeting came three days after Atiku held a private meeting with Wike’

Aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) on Sunday met in Enugu to plot their next move in the protracted clash between the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar and Gov Nnyesom Wike of Rivers State.

In attendance were Govs Wike, Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and the host, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State.

The five PDP governors meeting came three days after Atiku held a private meeting with Wike where the presidential candidate pleaded for his support ahead of the 2023 presidential election.

The Abuja meeting however ended in a deadlock as the Rivers governor reportedly insisted that there would be no peace deal until the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, resigned from office but Atiku was said to have told his host that he has no power to remove the national chairman of PDP from office.

After a series of meetings between them and their representatives failed to address the crisis, Wike and some of his colleagues and allies boycotted the inauguration of the party’s presidential campaign council in Abuja last Wednesday.

Others who also boycotted the event include Prof Jerry Gana; former governors Ayo Fayose, Jonah Jang, Donald Duke and Olusegun Mimiko. A former deputy national chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, was also absent.

One of Wike’s close allies, who was privy to what was discussed at the Abuja meeting, Senator Olaka Wogu noted that the governor reiterated his demand to the former vice-president that there was no going back on his demand that Ayu must go.

Findings on Sunday revealed that in continuation of their determination to remove the PDP national chairman from office, the five aggrieved PDP governors led by Wike met in Enugu, the Enugu State capital for a strategy meeting.

“The big five PDP governors are meeting, strategising for a better PDP, a better Nigeria where probity, equity and justice reign supreme, They are united for a purpose to ensure Ayu is sacked for the unity of our party,” insisting, “Ayu must go.” a source said.

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