Trouble for Atiku As Some PDP Governors Are Accused of Working for Tinubu

Trouble for Atiku As Some PDP Governors Are Accused of Working for Tinubu

  • Some governors on the platform of the PDP are reportedly working for the emergence of another presidential candidate not of their party
  • Specifically, the governors are said to be working for the emergence of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress
  • This comes as Governor Nyesom Wike and some of his loyalists are at loggerheads with presidential candidate of PDP, Atiku Abubakar

Some governors on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are reportedly working for the emergence of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu in 2023 general election.

Tinubu, according to a source, may become the major beneficiary of the crisis rocking the PDP, Vanguard Newspaper reports.

Recall that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the party and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State are not on good terms over demands to remove the party’s national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu.

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Sources claim some PDP governors are working for Tinubu
Some PDP governors are allegedly wporking against Atiku. Photo credit: Atiku Abubakar.
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The source said:

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“From the way the PDP is handling its crisis, you should know that not all the PDP governors will support Atiku. It is clear and glaring.”

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The submissions of these two governors were greatly opposed by a former parliamentarian of the national assembly, Yemi Arokodare.

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