2023: Details of How Wike Plans to Dump Atiku for Peter Obi Finally Revealed

2023: Details of How Wike Plans to Dump Atiku for Peter Obi Finally Revealed

  • A source within the PDP has revealed that the governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, is secretly supporting the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi
  • Wike will act the spoiler game the same way Rauf Aregbesola did in Osun, the source stated, while revealing what will happen if the crisis within the PDP is not carefully handled
  • The PDP leader added that Wike will use those Atiku did not favour in the PDP against him and ask them to vote for Peter Obi

After the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held its presidential primary and its winner, Atiku Abubakar announced his running mate, there has been a crisis within the party.

For the first time after then, Atiku met with the Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, August 4, to find a lasting solution to the crisis.

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However, Vanguard reported that a top PDP leader said Wike may work against Atiku if the issues were not properly handled.

He added that Wike will not leave the PDP but would act the role of a spoiler. He stressed that those Atiku did not favour in the choice of choosing his campaign council are those Wike will use against him.

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He added that the Rivers state governor will be an opposition member within the opposition party.

“He is secretly supporting Peter Obi. It will be the same thing Rauf Aregbesola did to them in Osun State.

“Although Aregbesola did not decamp, he instructed his supporters to back Ademola Adeleke. It is the same card Wike may play during the campaigns,” the source said.

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2023: 3 Reasons Why Peter Obi Has an Edge Over Tinubu, Atiku, Kwankwaso

Going by the analysis of the potential of the presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, the Labour Party flagbearer, has been tipped to have an edge above other aspirants.

Peter Obi's campaign has been adjudged to be issue-based in nature, he talks to the youths, and his geed antecedents are some of the paths his opponents are yet to take.

However, these chances of Obi have been undermined by the political warlords in the northern party of the country, including Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP, who have predicted that he will not win the north, the political bloc in the country.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop, Journalism AI Discovery. He previously worked as Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng