PDP chieftain to resign over Atiku’s choice of Okowa as running mate

The PDP official says Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike deserves the nomination more than Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.

A former commissioner for Information in Edo State, Kassim Afegbua, has given notice that he would be leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the choice of Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as the party’s vice presidential candidate.

The PDP presidential candidate on Thursday afternoon presented Mr Okowa as his running mate in the February 25, 2023 presidential election.

But Mr Afegbua, who was also a former spokesperson to former military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, said Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, deserves the nomination ahead of Mr Okowa.

Mr Wike came second in the PDP presidential primary on May 29 in an election in which Mr Okowa led his state’s delegates to vote for Atiku.

However, Mr Afegbua described Atiku’s choice of the Delta State governor as a reward for treachery, noting that Mr Okowa had hosted the meeting of the Southern Governors’ Forum in Asaba last year where the governors demanded that the next Nigerian president should be produced by the southern region.

Mr Afegbua spoke Thursday afternoon during a popular Arise News show, The Arise Interview.

In protest at the alleged betrayal of the declaration by Mr Okowa in supporting Atiku at the primary and in accepting to be his running mate, Mr Afegbua said he would stand aside from the PDP and support the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in the presidential election.

Mr Afegbua stressed that he would not be joining the APC but would only be campaigning for its standard bearer.

The outspoken former commissioner had also rebelled against the PDP in 2020 for handing Governor Godwin Obaseki its ticket for reelection after the governor was disqualified from the APC governorship primary for alleged forgery of an academic certificate.

Mr Obaseki went ahead to win the election on the PDP ticket as the party suspended Mr Afegbua for alleged anti-party activities.

yinkus6750:
The Presidential candidate has made his choice of his VP
Whoever feels betrayed or uncomfortable with his decision is free to leave.
More to follow ?

Tinubufit:
catastrophe for pdp.omo agege will break pdp in delta.

Danwakae:



So Delta state is what u pple r hoping for in the southsouth ? ,that mean it Seems I over rating Baba Tinubu ....Omo Agege that was voted in by PDP Delta central and he pay back by all his appointments , causing serious problem in delta APC ...if not for Great Ogboru and Ibori influence who is Agege ?... you have hopeless hope.

AtiKowa 2023 ..Mai Nasara... NorthEast or Nothing

Tinubufit:
catastrophe for pdp.omo agege will break pdp in delta.

Honor10:
Atiku shot himself on foot picking okowa.

Okowa will not add anything to Atiku,wike would have use strong-head to gather more votes for Atiku.

Obi has taken his SE block votes, now I am sure wike will sabotage him in rivers which has the highest voters in the SS to prove a point.


Atiku is done for.

All this to the favor of Asiwaju, the incoming president.

Tinubufit:
Please shift to one side .I hate Atiku supporters regardless of anything. I can swear it right now you don't have light in your house. Atiku is going nowhere except God is not in the throne.

The result he got in 2019 presidential election will be best performance of his political career.

Tinubufit:
Please shift to one side .I hate Atiku supporters regardless of anything. I can swear it right now you don't have light in your house. Atiku is going nowhere except God is not in the throne.

The result he got in 2019 presidential election will be best performance of his political career.

Danwakae:



So you think we the Northeast that have never rule this country will support Baba Tinubu who have govern as President and VP via OBJ and StarBoy PYO ?, NE, SS, NC, and most of NW is sealed, you people will learn Political reality (PRT 111) ... Highest u can decieds to joined Biafra ..we already have the SS...

Tinubufit:
catastrophe for pdp.omo agege will break pdp in delta.

Gunayo:
Free to leave you say? Anyway, you are not Atiku so you can run your mouth the way you like. Even Atiku needs Wike and his supporters to win this election. Mark my word, with the choice of Okowa, Tinubu is the need president of Nigeria.