The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has called the PDP leaders in Rivers State to an urgent meeting over the ongoing crisis in the party.
The meeting was coming for the first time after the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar won the party’s ticket as the presidential candidate.
It was gathered that the reason for the meeting could not be far from the governors position on the ongoing crisis in the PDP.
Expected at the meeting are party leaders, members of the state executive council, the party’s local government chairmen and selected others.
A source who spoke about the meeting said the crucial meeting was connected to the recent crisis in the party, as the governor would brief his men on the position taken by his team to pull out of the party’s presidential campaign council.
This is coming ahead of a press conference scheduled for Friday morning, September 23, 2022, to be addressed by Governor Wike in the Government House, Port Harcourt.
It is believed that the governor may speak more on the feud between him and the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, especially against the latter’s comment on Wednesday.
Atiku had in a response to the Port Harcourt resolution by Wike’s team said nobody could force the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, to resign his position.
The governor, who felt betrayed following the outcome of the presidential primary and Atiku’s pronouncement while picking his vice presidential running mate, had vowed to open up on some issues leading to the crisis.
Wike was quoted as saying, “Nothing has happened yet, but something will soon happen.”
A statement is also expected to be issued at the end of today’s meeting which holds by 2pm, even as invitees are already strolling into government house as of the time of filing this report.