Atiku Calls Wike's Bluff, Meets Key Rivers PDP Stakeholders 6 Days to Election, Gives Reason

• Some key members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers state have met with Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2023 general elections
• Atiku and the party stakeholders from Rivers state had the meeting over the weekend in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city
• According to a former lawmaker, the meeting was a compensation for the party's campaign rally that could not take place in Rivers state

Despite his rift with Governor Nyesom Wike, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, had a meeting with some party stakeholders from Rivers state.

The former vice president met with stakeholders of Rivers PDP in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city on Sunday, February 19.

Channels Television reports that Atiku's meeting was with a former national chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus; ex-lawmaker Ben Bruce; a past governor of Rivers state, Celestine Omehia, and other key party member from the state.

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Compensation for the failed Rivers state rally

When the meeting ended, Dino Melaye, the director of public communication of PDP's Presidential Campaign Council, said the aim was to make up for the Rivers state rally that could not hold.

The Punch also reports that Melaye said the PDP discarded plans to convene the campaign rally following Atiku's rift with Governor Wike.

He added that plans for the rally were abandoned by the party to avoid a bloodbath in the oil-rich state.

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Nigerians have been advised on the best approach to voting for the candidate who will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari by May 29.

The advice was handed to Nigerians by a former governor of Anambra state Chukwuemeka Ezeife who believes that candidates from the northern part of the country should not be given a chance at the poll.

Ezeife said the 2023 presidential election is an opportunity for the southern part of Nigeria to have a place in the presidency.

Source: Legit.ng