17 guber candidates meet Wike and beg him to forgive and support Atiku for 2023 said Ayu

 

As a way of resolving the misunderstanding in PDP, some governorship candidates of the party, on Tuesday talk with the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.

A source from Government House of Rivers State, said the governorship hopefuls from Katsina, Sokoto, Jigawa, Kaduna, and 13 other states met with Wike at his private residence in Rumueprikon, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state and appealed to him to support the presidential candidate of the party, Ahaji Atiku Abubakar, his running mate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, as well as the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu.

The meeting which lasted for about almost two hours, had it that, Wike was told to forgive Atiku and Ayu.

Some of the candidates who were with the governorship candidates of Katsina, Sokoto, others include: the Lagos PDP governorship candidate, Dr Olajide Adediran, and his Ogun State counterpart, Mr Ladi Adebutu.

Donpinlinsal Global Resources had reported that the decision to meet Wike was reached after a meeting with Atiku last Saturday. It was gathered that the aspirants had, at the closed-door meeting with Atiku, expressed worry over the feud which they argued had lingered for too long.