PDP Crisis: Fresh Trouble Erupts as Wike's Camp Flops Atiku in Great Deal

• Camp Nyesom Wike, the former governor of Rivers State, in the PDP, has defeated Atiku Abubakar, the party's presidential candidate, in the House of Reps
• It was learned that Kingsley Chinda, a strong ally of Wike, was nominated as a consensus candidate of the PDP Reps caucus for the position of minority leader in the Lower Chamber
• The choice of Chimba did not go down well with PDP leaders in Atiku's camp as his preferred candidate, Oluwole Oke, reportedly stepped down from the race

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been thrown into another dilemma as a fresh crisis erupted between the camps of Atiku Abubakar, the party's candidate in the 2023 presidential election, and that of Nyesom Wike, the former governor of Rivers State.

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The new crisis was over the endorsement of Kingsley Chinda, a strong ally of Wike, for the position of minority leader by the PDP Caucus in the House of Representatives.

According to The Nation, Chinda became the consensus candidate of the PDP Reps caucus during a party meeting held in Abuja on Friday, June 16.

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It was learned that Oluwole Oke from Osun State was the choice of the Atiku's camp for the position, but the lawmaker stepped down from the race.

Some chieftains of the PDP, who were yet to forgive the former governor and his allies over their failure to cooperate with the party during the February 25 presidential election, were reported not to be comfortable with the choice of Chinda.

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Debo Ologunagba, the national publicity secretary of the PDP, had urged the public to dismiss the report that a particular person was nominated to be the preferred choice of the PDP for the position of the minority in the Green Chamber.

Court throws out El-Rufai’s N2bn defamation suit against Shehu Sani

Legit.ng reported that former Governor Nasir El-Rufai had been defeated by ex-Senator Shehu Sani in an N20 billion defamation suit.

El-Rufai of the APC filed the suit against the former Senator and PDP chieftain, alleging a false comment about his personality.

But the court on Thursday dismissed the former governor's claim on the ground that El-Rufai had filed the same case in 4 different courts across the state.

Source: Legit.ng