Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said he will soon break his silence on what is going on at present in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
His Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Port Harcourt.
Wile said it has become imperative for him to speak and reveal to Nigerians all that transpired in the PDP since the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the opposition party.
“On Atiku, I will speak soon, and Nigerians will know the actual truth of all that has transpired in the PDP in recent times,” he was quoted in the statement by Ebiri.
Governor Wike went under the radar since he lost the party’s presidential ticket to Atiku.
In the party’s presidential primary held in May, Atiku polled 371 votes to emerge as the PDP’s flagbearer ahead of Wike who scored 237 votes to come second in the contest.
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki (70); Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel (38), Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed (38), Former Senate President Pius Anyim (14), Mrs Tari Diana Oliver (One), and Mr Sam Ohuabunwa (1) shared the remainder of the valid votes.
Atiku has since named Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate in the forthcoming election, describing his as “cool headed and a gentleman”.
This, however, led to a disagreement among party stakeholders as some commended the choice of Okowa while others rejected it, saying Atiku should have picked Wike who was the runner-up in the primary and has done more than all the other governors in supporting the party instead of his Delta counterpart.
In a bid to addressed the perceived grievances of the governor, the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the PDP set up a reconciliatory committee to meet with the Wike of Rivers State over the fallout of the party’s presidential primary and crisis trailing the nomination of a running mate.
Since then, the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has said for the unpeenth time that not picking Wike was unfair and advised Atiku to reach out and pacify him in order to tamper his greviances, a move Atiku is yet to do.
