To avert possible defeat in the 2023 general election, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar have halted the campaign train in yet another move to reconcile with Rivers state Governor Nyesom Wike-led group within the party.
The PDP flagged off its presidential campaign with the five aggrieved governors conspicuously absent in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state.
The grouse
The Wike group, had weeks back, pulled out of the PDP presidential campaign on the ground that its national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, must resign and allow a southerner step in as his replacement.
Those in Wike’s camp are Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, Seyi Makinde of Oyo and Enugu state Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, as well as other party leaders.
They contended that with Atiku as the party’s flag bearer in the presidential race, Ayu, also a northerner, should quit office to achieve some balancing.
This, they…
