2023 – Has Wike Agreed To Work With Obi?
Could the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike agreed to work with Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi?
This is the question on many lips going by reports that the latter was in a Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital to see Wike yesterday.
The meeting is coming just a day after Peter Obi, who has become a frontrunner in the 2013 presidential race in the country, returned from Egypt.
Wike himself made waves during the screening exercise of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and the eventual choice of Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as the running mate to the party’s flagbearer.
Obi paid a visit to Wike on Wednesday at his private residence in Port Harcourt, the state Rivers State capital.
2023 – Has Wike Agreed To Work With Obi?
On his arrival, Obi was ushered in to a meeting with the governor behind closed doors.
Although it is speculated that their meeting had everything to do with the upcoming general elections, and the horse trading that had charaterised it, it was not however clear the details.
Add to this that the two politicians did not grant media interviews afterwards.
Vanguard reports that Obi’s visit comes days after the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi also met with Governor Wike behind closed doors.
Wike is widely believed to be planning to dump the PDP following what many consider the unfavorable manner in which he was treated during the screening for the PDP’s presidential candidates.
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He lost it to another strong force in the party, Atiku Abubakar, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate.
Wike is believed to be currently disgruntled over the decision of Atiku Abubakar to pick Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State over him as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.
The Eagle will keep you posted on developments
