The People’s Democratic Party, PDP held a party rally to foster support for its Candidate in the upcoming Osun Gubernatorial Elections, Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke.
All the Party chieftains and Stakeholders are currently in the state except the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike and Ex-Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose.
Others absent at the venue are the Governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde.
It can be recalled that the Party has been embroiled in a crisis ever since the emergence of Ifeanyi Okowa as the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Party.
POLITICS NIGERIA earlier reported that a committee setup to nominate a running mate to the Party’s Presidential flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar had selected Wike but shockingly the leadership of the party and the former vice-president rejected him.
This didn’t go down well with the Governor of Benue state Samuel Ortom, who quickly voiced out his disappointment with the development and called on the party to reach out to Wike.
Last week, three APC governors alongside Fayose visited Wike in Port Harcourt to woo him over to the ruling party and going by the events of today, it seems the crisis in the opposition party is far from getting resolved.
Speaking on the matter, Chieftain of the PDP who pleaded anonymity said: “The party is not handling the Wike situation well and he may well be on his way out”.
“Fayose on the other hand may have already left the party cause he is no longer participating/contributing to the party’s activities”.
More to come…
