Atiku/Wike Reconciliation Faces Set Again

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is searching for help for the Nationwide Chairman of the social gathering, Iyorchia Ayu to stay in workplace.

There are speculations that Atiku desires Ayu to stay in workplace till after the 2023 normal election.

That is regardless of the decision by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike for Ayu to step down from workplace and for somebody from the South to take over.

A supply that spoke with The Nation stated Atiku is searching for the help of the Nationwide Govt Committee (NEC), the Board of Trustees (BoT), the Nationwide Caucus, the Nationwide Meeting Caucus, the Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) and the 36 PDP state chairmen and that of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for Ayu to stay in workplace.

There are plans to contain all presidential aspirants within the transfer to take over energy in 2023.

A supply near the Atiku camp stated stakeholders known as for the necessity to undertake persuasion as an alternative of a confrontational strategy within the reconciliation transfer.

In keeping with the supply, the demand by the Wike camp over the social gathering’s management is a respectable one.

The supply stated, “After all, we now have all come to phrases with the fact of the lopsided configuration within the PDP hierarchy the place we now have our presidential candidate, nationwide chairman and BoT chairman from the North.

“We additionally admire the place being canvased by Governor Wike and his loyalists, who’re primarily from the South, that it’ll seem awkward to voters of their respective states for PDP to parade solely northerners because the social gathering’s topmost leaders, along with a presidential candidate from the North throughout campaigns.

“However the actuality on the bottom requires warning on the social gathering of everybody as a result of we consider that there’s sufficient room for additional session and negotiation that may assuage frayed nerves. It’s a work in progress and we will make successful of it if we’re dedicated to the unity of our nice social gathering.”

One other supply famous that the disaster within the social gathering is a results of desperation for energy by each the Atiku and Wike camps.

The supply stated Atiku and Wike are liable for the zoning association that produced Ayu and different NWC members.

The supply stated, “The unique association was for the South to supply the Nationwide Chairman.

“However some individuals ensured that the plan modified alongside the road and many people have been shocked once they abruptly got here up with the concept of choosing the Nationwide Chairman from the North.

“We have been later informed that there was an unwritten settlement that Ayu would step down for a southerner if our presidential candidate finally emerged from the North and that is what has introduced us to the place we’re at the moment.”