There are reports that the Wike-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have, with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, called a truce that will very likely unsettle the Atiku camp of the party.
They struck a deal that will guarantee the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer at the 2023 election.
The governors agreed to return the APC candidate victorious without defecting to his party.
The PDP governors fingered in the pact are loyalists of their Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike who has been at loggerheads with Atiku.
Relationships between both happy stalwarts got to a head following the outcome of the party’s presidential primary election and the subsequent emergence of Ifeanyi Okowa as the vice presidential candidate.
A source quoted by Vanguard said the Governors: Nyesom Wike (Rivers) Samuel Ortom (Benue) Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Okezie Ikpeazu(Abia) Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) all reached the agreement during their recent meeting in London.
According to the source, the Governors want assurances that their preferred candidates will be allowed to win Senate and House of Representatives seats in their respective states but Tinubu could not fully commit to the demands.
“Wike was said to have demanded that the APC candidate ensures if he wins the presidential election, which comes first, he will ensure he does not influence the outcome of the governorship and House of Assembly polls in Rivers, Benue, Oyo, and Abia states so that candidates in his camp and those of the other governors could maintain control of the states.
“He also wanted assurances that their men should be allowed to win Senate and House of Representatives seats, including the governors contesting senatorial elections. There was no headway on this demand either, since the presidential and National Assembly elections would take place the same day,” the source claimed.
Insider sources say that leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have however not given up and are making frantic efforts to end the internal crisis rocking the party, which has stalled its preparations for the 2023 presidential campaign and the inauguration of its campaign committee.
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