October 4, (THEWILL) – A delegation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) board of trustees (BoT) on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt.
Led by Acting Chairman of the BoT, Adolphus Wabara; others in the entourage included Ibrahim Idris, Shuaib Oyedokun, Zainab Maina, Esther Uduehi, Okwesilieze Nwodo, and Tanimu Turaki.
They arrived at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the venue of the meeting. The visiting BoT members were joined in the meeting by some BoT members who are from Rivers State and other state leaders of the party.
The Rivers contingent for the meeting included State Chairman of the PDP, Desmond Akawor; former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chibudom Nwuche; BoT member and chairman of the Rivers PDP Elders Council, Ferdinand Anabraba; former Chief Whip of the Senate, Adawari Pepple; Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Governor, Emeka Woke; elder statesmen, Sam-Sam Jaja and Emma Anyanwu.
Before the meeting began, Wike requested the BoT members allow journalists to cover the session to avoid a distortion of facts, adding that discussions and outcomes of previous meetings with PDP stakeholders since the crisis began have always been distorted and misinterpreted.
He, however, succumbed to the opinion of the Wabara who pleaded that the meeting be held privately and journalists are briefed afterwards.
The meeting is part of the efforts to resolve the crisis in the major opposition party.
The crisis rocking the opposition party began after the national convention of the party.
Wike and his allies had on September 20 announced their withdrawal from the presidential campaign council of Atiku Abubakar.
They were also absent from the inauguration of Atiku’s campaign council on September 28, 2022, as they argued that northerners should not occupy the two top positions of the party.
Others in Wike’s camp include former Governors Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo, Ayo Fayose of Ekiti, Donald Duke of Cross River, Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe and Jonah Jang of Plateau.
Others are elder statesmen, Olabode George, 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.
Wike and his allies have continued to call for the resignation of PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, after Atiku (from Adamawa State) trounced the Rivers State governor at the PDP primary in May and emerged the presidential candidate of the party.
