JUST IN: Why Wike Shunned Meeting PDP Presidential Aspirants

 Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike was absent at a meeting on Wednesday between the Presidential Candidate of the PDP, Atiku

Abubakar, and the 2023 Ex-Presidential aspirants of the party in Asokoro, Abuja. Sco

Also missing from the meeting Ex-Senate Presidents, Anyim, who were Saraki And Oyim Pius also aspirants, were absent from the meeting. However, Dele Momodu, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, Tari Oliver, and Charles Ugwu were all present.

Atiku commended them for accepting the outcome of the convention that produced him as the PDP flag bearer, and for not raising the dust.

He promised to work with all of them ahead of the 2023 general elections, adding that they have various roles to play in his victory at the polls.

It was learned however that Wike was in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state where he hosted his ally, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. Makinde commissioned the Emohua Campus of Rivers State University in the Emohua Local Government Area of the state.

The governor maintained that nobody can silence him from speaking against sucher injustice and demanding that the right thing be done. cooper

The governor said such persons would account for every wrong thing that they have done when the day of reckoning comes.

He said, "That is why I am telling the people there, look, it cannot work. You can't take everything. If you take everything, it will p poper purge you. So you better do the right thing now.

"Don't sit there and think that you can muscle me and you doeverything, you can manipulate

anything. You can think you have the number to make sure you take everything, but the time is coming when you will account for it"

He insisted that the delivery of quality projects by him and his colleague governors will serve the PDP well in their respective states.

According to him, it will be erroneous for the PDP states that have failed to provide good governance to solicit votes from the electorate.

Wike also said the PDP needs performing governors like him to get the needed votes for the party to win the presidency.

The opposition party has been in crisis since May when former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar became the PDP presidential Cooper Coope candidate.

Party stakeholders expressed concern that Wike was overlooked for Ifeawar governor of Delta, who Abubakar mate.

governor of Delta, who Abubakar chose as his running mate.

"That is why I am telling the people there, 'look, it cannot work; you can't take everything. If you take everything, it will you. So, better do coop the right thing now"," he said.

"Don't sit there and think that you can muzzle me and you can do everything; you can manipulate anything. You can think you have Coop the number to make sure you take everything, but the time is coming when you will account for it. poper Coope cooper

"If any PDP state is not doing well, don't think you will be voted for because APC is well. If coope PDP state foo example, if state, we didn't do well, then you'll say because APC did not do well at the national level, then the people will vote for us. coope ope Cooper

"They'll tell you 'PDP, you didn't do well in Rivers state. People don't understand that. And that is why the party should respect us and know that we are the ones campaigning for the party per because we have what to use to campaign."

Performing the inauguration of the campus and flagging off of the staff quarters, Makinde made a veiled reference to the recent statement credited to the national chairman of the PDP, lyorchia Ayu, who said those calling for his resignation were still children when he and others were founding the party.

He said, "If children are doing all of these, I think what Nigeria needs are children. So, my brother Wike, you can be assured that Nigeria coope Coops appreciates you.