2023: Atiku Hints at Peace Talks With Wike As PDP Crisis Thickens
- Earlier, Atiku Abubakar returned to Nigeria to lead the PDP mega rally and support the party's governorship candidate, Ademola Adeleke ahead of the Saturday, July 16, election, Osun election
- In a recent interview, the presidential hopeful noted that he is willing to make peace with Governor Nyesom Wike
- The PDP chieftain stated further that the crisis rocking the opposition party is just mere social media drama
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that he is open to meeting with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state.
The Cable reports that Abubakar made this assertion on Thursday, July 14, while fielding questions from journalists in Osogbo, the Osun state capital.
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Atiku weigh in on PDP crisis
When asked if the party is divided into factions, Abubakar said:
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“It is a social media drama. There is nothing like a Wike camp or Atiku camp. There is one PDP family.”
Atiku plans to meet with Wike
Atiku was also asked if there is a plan to meet with Wike for reconciliation, and he responded by saying:
“Why not? I am open to that.”
The former vice-president added that the party will surmount its present challenges.
He affirmed thus:
“Some people get angry when things don’t go their way and so on and so forth. We will overcome that. I have every belief that we are going to do that.”
Meanwhile, the opposition party has been embroiled in rancour since Abubakar named Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta state, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.
A move that was not well received by Wike's loyalists in the party. Some had dumped the party following this decision, and others are mounting pressure on Atiku to reconsider Wike and pick him as his running mate.
2023: Atiku outperforms Peter Obi, Tinubu on positive ratio metrics
Meanwhile, a new study has revealed that Atiku has outperformed the two other major presidential candidates - Peter Obi of Labour Party and Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC - on positive ratio metrics on social media.
According to the report which adopted Artificial Intelligence tools to analyse 500,000 mentions of the candidates on both traditional and social media within a one-month period, it revealed that although Atiku got more positive sentiments from people than the duo of Tinubu and Obi.
This means that people who discussed the candidates said more positive things about Atiku Abubakar than they did for Obi and even expressed lesser positive sentiments about Tinubu.
2023: Diamond Ladies to declare for Atiku, honours Melaye, Oluchukwu, Natasha, others
A socio-political group on the aegis of Diamond Ladies in Politics (DLP) has concluded plans to officially declare support for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, ahead of 2023 general elections.
The group will also honour some prominent Nigerians who worked assiduously to ensure the emergence of the former vice president as the PDP presidential candidate.
Among the names listed to be honoured is Senator Dino Melaye, Chairman Paschal Oluchukwu Foundation, Ambassador Pascal Oluchchukwu, Ebonyi PDP governorship candidate, Chief Odii Ifeanyi, and Kogi central senatorial candidate, Barr. Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan.
Source: Legit.ng
