The Nation Newspaper PDP: Atiku, Wike forces battle for control ahead NEC meeting
stakeholders are doubling up on mobilization of men and resources ahead of this month’s crucial National Executive Committee and Board of Trustees meetings to determine who control the party in the run-up to the 2027 elections.
The former Vice President, it was gathered, believes the duo will work against the interest of his camp and his presidential ambition in 2027. Pro-Wike forces are seeking to entrench their influence in the party by pushing for the confirmation of Damagum as National Chairman and retention of Anyanwu as National Secretary until the next convention.
At that press conference, Sekibo said they had “risen from a meeting of the leadership of the former Rivers State PDP Presidential Campaign Council and members of the PDP in Rivers State who stood by the party after the National Convention of our party produced our presidential candidate, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria , Wazirin Adamawa.
“In that same vein, we urge our governor and Mr President to work together for the good of Rivers people. With the elections over, now is the time for real governance for the progress of our nation.”Wike, in his response, described Sekibo and his group as “expired politicians” who are not worthy of being called “elder statesmen”.
The committee members’ names were released by the NWC but party leaders in some of the states including Rivers, Enugu and Kaduna are kicking over the lists. He said the main resolution of the March meeting was that at the expiration of the tenure of the executive committees in the various states, the members should transform into caretaker committees for the next three months without changing their compositions.
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