Special team working to unite Atiku with G5 governors – PDP

The chairman and director general of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council in Anambra State, Senator Ben Obi and Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, respectively, have disclosed that a special team is attempting to break the deadlock between the party’s presidential candidate and the G5 governors.

They stated this on Wednesday in Awka, Anambra State, during a pre-campaign flag-off press conference to announce the visit of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Thursday.

Atiku’s reconciliation with the G5 governors is still a priority, according to Senator Ben Obi and Okonkwo, who spoke to the media. The state is also likely to support Atiku in his bid for the presidency in 2023.

Obi said: “It is a common thing for political parties to have crises. That is not out of place, and we have a team that is working to resolve the crisis in the PDP.

“This is not something we want to make public, but let me tell you that the G5 governors are also willing for peace, Wike (Rivers State governor) has said so. We have a team that is working on that, and for now, we are not willing to make the outcome public, but we are working.”

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Okonkwo also added that: “Even in those states where those rifts are going on, there are still campaigns going on, and the plan is to vote PDP from top to bottom. In Abia, you have heard of the five-over-five slogan, and all our governors are still campaigning for Atiku.

“In all their (G5 Governors’) demands, they have never said they have any problem with Atiku personally. It is not a matter that can not be resolved.”