JUST IN: Wike Group Withdraws From Atiku Campaign, Insists Ayu Must Resign
POLITICS DIGEST- The camp of Governor Nyesom Wike in the Peoples Democratic Party has officially announced its withdrawal from the presidential campaign of the party for the 2023 elections.
The group made its position known after a long meeting which started at about 7pm on Tuesday night and ended by 2am on Wednesday.
The meeting was held at the private residence of Governor Wike in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Members of the group said none of them will participate in whatever capacity in the campaign council unless the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, resigns for a southern candidate to take over.
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Some members of the group were recently appointed as leaders and members of the campaign council for the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
Present at this defining gathering at Wike’s residence in Port Harcourt include Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; former Governors Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo, Ayo Fayose of Ekiti, Donald Duke of Cross River, Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe and Jonah Jang of Plateau and former Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke.
Others at the meeting 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, among several others.
George made the announcement to journalists after the meeting.
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