Politics
2023 presidency: I’m not aware of Atiku’s move — Wike
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has reacted to insinuations that Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President of Nigeria and former presidential candidate of the leading opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be running for president come 2023.
According to the Rivers Governor, he has no knowledge of such a move since the party is yet to zone the presidency.
Wike stated this while appearing on the Africa Independent Television’s Programme, Focus Nigeria, in Port Harcourt on Friday, said: “I’m not aware of Atiku’s move because the PDP has not yet zoned the presidency.”
However, Atiku on his part is yet to make his intention public.
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Speaking on the recent crisis in the party, Wike also noted that it was normal for a political party to experience internal crisis due to varying interests and elections.
He, however, applauded governors for coming together to speak against squabbles and seek how to end the differences within the party.
“I use to be afraid of possibility of an implosion and that could have been the end of the party. But what I saw on Monday gave me a lot of confidence for the first time.
“I have never seen that happen, the way the governors came together and spoke in a convivial manner with no dissenting view. I was impressed,” he said.
