2023 Presidency: Game Over for Atiku as Wike Reunites with APC 'Enemy'

• It is now obvious that Governor Nyesom Wike and his Ebonyi counterpart, Dave Umahi, are friends again
• Umahi paid a visit to Rivers state capital, Port Harcourt, on Monday, November 21, to commission a project
• Sources claim that the Ebonyi governor was given a warm reception when he visited Rivers state
• Reports have it that this is the fourth time Governor Umahi will be visiting Wike in a space of six months

Rivers - It seems that the long rift between two southern governors, Nyesom Wike and Dave Umahi, is finally over.

This is as the Ebonyi governor was seen on Monday, November 21, with Wike in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.

Channels TV reports that Umahi, who was given a warm reception in the oil-rich state, came for the commissioning of the Akpabu-Itu-Umudiogha road in the Emohua local government area on Tuesday, November 22.

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It is common knowledge that Wike and Umahi broke ties after the latter defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The rift, which seems to have been put to an end, graduated into a war of words and name-calling for months.

It was gathered that Umahi is visiting Rivers for the fourth time within six months.

PDP Crisis: Wike shuns Atiku for projects inauguration, invites rival, Kwankwaso

Wike continued to shun the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his serial inauguration of infrastructural projects that his administration has completed.

This was as the leading aggrieved governor of the PDP received another opposition presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

Kwankaso was received by Wike in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, on Sunday night, November 20, ahead of the inauguration of the Mgbutanwo international road in the Emohua local government area on Monday, November 21.

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Before now, Wike has been inviting opposition leaders to commission projects in the state, adding that he does that so that they can tell their party men.

While the Rivers governor has not campaigned for Atiku, he recently pledged logistics support for Kwankwaso and Obi.

Source: Legit.ng