Amid PDP Crisis, Wike Welcomes Another Powerful APC Leader to Rivers State at Night

Amid PDP Crisis, Wike Welcomes Another Powerful APC Leader to Rivers State at Night

  • Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state received the former national chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday night
  • Oshiomhole is one of the opposition members that Wike has invited to commission projects in the PDP state
  • The former governor of Edo state will commission a flyover, which is the eighth that Wike's administration started and completed

Port Harcourt, Rivers - Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers state, has welcomed the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, to Port Harcourt.

According to Channels Television, the former governor of Edo state was in the Rivers state capital on Tuesday night, November 15, on the invitation of Wike to commission a flyover project.

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Wike welcomes Oshiomhole in Rivers state Photo Credit: Nyesom Wike
Source: Twitter

What Oshiomhole will be doing in Rivers state following Wike's invitation

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The flyover Oshiomhole will commission on Wednesday, November 16, is the eighth that Wike's administration had started and completed.

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The project is adjacent to the private residence of the governor in his country home of Rumueprikom on Ada George road in the Obio-Akpor local government area.

On his arrival, Oshiomhole was received by Wike, his deputy, Ipalibo Harry-Banigo and other leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.

Names of opposition member Wike has invited to Rivers

Oshiomhole is one of the guests from the opposition political party that Wike has invited to inaugurate projects started and completed in the PDP state.

Others who have been listed to commission projects in the state for the next two weeks include the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his counterpart in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso.

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Also, the oil-rich state will be hosting President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate some projects in the state within the stipulated time.

PDP crisis: Wike, other G5 governors have no issue with Atiku, Omokri says

Legit.ng earlier reported that a former presidential aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has disclosed that the crisis in the PDP is not about the G5 governors and Atiku Abubakar, the party's presidential candidate.

Omokri maintained that the crisis is between the aggrieved governors and the national chairman of the party (PDP).

According to Omokri, the crisis rocking the party will be solved constitutionally while expressing optimism that common ground would be founded between the governors and the party's leadership.

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 Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng