To allow Atiku and Wike’s reconciliation, the PDP postpones its NEC and Caucus meetings

Ibekimi Oriamaja Reports

Both the National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Caucus meetings of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were postponed yesterday as part of attempts to ensure complete reconciliation between Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, and Mr. Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State.

Additionally, it was discovered that the NEC and National Caucus were being postponed in order to thwart continuing plans to depose Senator Iyorchia Ayu as PDP National Chairman.

To examine the makeup of the members of the Presidential Campaign Council, the PDP had called a meeting of the National Executive Committee and National Caucus for tomorrow and Thursday.

The PDP National Caucus and NEC sessions that were previously set for Wednesday, August 10, and Thursday, August 11, 2022, respectively, have been postponed, the party’s national secretary, senator Samuel Anyanwu, announced in a brief statement.

Unexpected events are to blame for the postponement. We’ll make an announcement about a new date soon. We sincerely apologize any inconveniences.

However, Track News has learned that the party decided to postpone the NEC and national Caucus meetings in order to make sure that the Atiku and Wike camps were properly reconciled.

According to a source, Atiku and Wike were scheduled to meet this week to resolve their disagreements and discuss the makeup of the presidential campaign team.

The source added that the camps of Atiku and Wike were anticipated to harmonize their positions within the time frame and bring them to their principals for approval prior to submission to the National Caucus and then to NEC.

Additionally, it was learned that the PDP governors disagree over who of them should lead the campaign committee, particularly in light of the presidential nomination convention on May 28.

Because of the part he played in supporting Atiku during the presidential convention, the camp of the governor of Rivers State is not pleased that Aminu Waziri Tambawal, chairman of the PDP governors’ forum, will be in charge of the campaign.

The governor of Rivers state reportedly objected to Tambawul leading the presidential campaign council at the previous meeting between Atiku and Wike. It was discovered that the PDP governors were in favor of having Senator Bukola Saraki, the former president of the Senate, serve as the campaign council’s chairman.

The PDP governors are pressuring Saraki to accept the offer despite the fact that he has not yet indicated that he will lead the campaign council despite having the greatest expertise.

Tambawul since the presidential convention, citing the PDP governors’ unwillingness to meet after the convention on May 28, where a number of the governors accused the Sokoto Governor of being a sell out by resigning for Atiku.

Another member of the party’s NWC claimed that the cancellation of the two important sessions was done to ease the tension around the request for Ayu to resign.

Ayu’s resignation was demanded over the weekend by the party’s South-West wing.

A member of the NWC who did not want his name published claimed that Ayu had not made circumstances any better throughout the entire situation.

In order to maintain the zoning formula in accordance with the PDP’s charter and the unity of Nigeria, Chief Bode George had written to the party’s National Chairman.

George had warned that the party will suffer electorally in the upcoming general elections if the zoning formula in the party constitution was not followed.

According to him, neither the north nor the south have reached the stage where they can declare that it doesn’t matter where someone is from.

Let us maintain the degree of respectability that the party was known for, so that in any crisis, you would have guys who can rise above pettiness and still tell the truth to power, the party must be decisive.