₦airaland Forum

Has anyone heard of Freeze again ? That's how Nigerians will soon make Reno so irrelevant.

I would have gone for el Rufai, just that he has a family that can insult for a living.

Well I would have said anywhere Wike goes I'll go, however, I won't vote for that broom party that brought poverty and unimaginable insecurity to Nigeria.

I once lashed PO that elections are not won on social media, but after having a critical thought, I am wholeheartedly rooting for Peter Obi.

babaolofin:
You are an IBO from information extracted through a data in your profile. Aba to Portharcourt is the easiest commercial buses you get along Aba road (Education up to Ovigbo). Most of you claimed Rivers or Bayelsa to take up opportunities that belong to Rivers and Bayelsa people in Oil companies.

You hide under Ikwerre, Wike has tried his best to expose your treachery.

Estimated 13,000 IBOS signed petition against an Ijaw man (Reno Omokri). For your information, SOWORE is also an IJAW man, he has to defend his brother.

You talk about better way to campaign against Peter Obi. Do I have time to waste? It is a wastage of my useful time to campaign against a non existing project. Peter OBI presidential project is an illusion. It is a non existing project.

Chai ! I never knew my biological father is babaolofin.

babaolofin:
You are under self inflicted illusion. You called frustrated IBO people good meaning youths of Nigeria. They are IBO people fighting psychological Biafra War.

No Yoruba or Hausa or Urhobo / Isoko /Itsekiri among the estimated 13,000 frustrated IBO people that signed petition against one person.

Very soon, IBO will fight Biafra War II.

Anybody that supports Tinubu must lock comment section because of Biafra people, is that not madness.

Peter Obi can never rule Nigeria. Never.

look for a better way to campaign against PO.

Btw, I am from Rivers state. Not everyone supporting Obi is from South east.

Abeg rest o, we no want.
This relief you are promising us sounds like a threat.

Reno talks too much. He should've known any attack on Peter Obi is an attack on the good meaning youths of Nigeria.

The only mode of campaign for APC demonic politicians to win an election is to bribe their way in. This time, bribe will fail them.

People still dey live for Borno Maiduguri ?

I no see wetin go carry me go Borno state o.

olatade:
What happened in Kuje prison was likely prisoner swap. You will soon hear about the release of Abuja train victims that were in BH captivity for months.

I never thought of this to be honest. This could be the simple truth.

We thank God Nnamdi Kanu was not placed in that facility, he could have been a target for elimination.

Omihanifa:
Show us the pics of the rice inside your plate

you get long throat o

Kwankwaso is only mobilising for Atiku, he will step down same way Tambuwal did.

You did not mention the part of him converting because of a woman.

The way it stands, I don't even care if Peter Obi has a vice or not, I'll vote him.

Nigerians will decide whose turn it is to rule not you aspiring Thief waiting to loot our treasurery.

Same here, I really need the fresh air.

Let Okowa go there and test his popularity.

Long overdue.

Nonsense talks, if the south did not have betrayals like Okowa, northerners won't open their mouths to talk.

This thread is not for me. Spits

I was surprised they did not throw bombs in the video. They forgot to feature bandits self.

How can one bring soldiers to kill someone in his residence who the court granted bail and never missed a court case, ran for his life when his home was raided and you said he jumped bail


Come on ! Nigerians might be tribalistic at time but some of us have brains to think.

gr8ofnnetwork:
You would have been a better candidate, just that your worth us limited to political section of Nairaland sector. What a useful but pitiable unknown good man you are. Anyway, since your father is on the ballot, hope is not lost.

Eyah ! Sorry ehn

9jahotblog:
lol you are pained on the visit already. The same South that produced Okowa.

The south did not produce okowa, but Atiku did against the wish of the south and the committee he set up.

Seems like you don't listen or read news.

Wike is not a fool. PDP will pay for betraying the south.

This is one of the role model of some yahoo boys


Fvcking fraudster !

Frigga13:
A bird one day ate to his full.. challenge his god to a duel

Igbos are only making online noise

Funny reality on ground they’re minority politcally even with their noise

So they believe Obi go fit come 3 for Lagos .. with their 59 igbo youths

This people are really clownish.

Power to the people North 2023

Tribal bigot

APC made a huge mistake in the candidacy of Tinubu instead of Osibanjo.

kenzysmith:
Atilu forget wike he don't have influence he is a small boy.

Someone who fought federal might to clinch power under the ruling party??

What about Edo state ? Have you forgotten how he covered Obaseki with the umbrella and help him retain his sit under the ruling party ?

Even the the ruling party is afraid of him.

Why set up a committee for a person you claim talks too much ??

Atiku's action has shown that PDP is a party of betrayals, what makes you think Atiku won't betray him again when he gets to the promise land ?

Wike is not a fool.

The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has set up a committee to pacify and woo the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and some other aggrieved members of the party.

The initiative was instituted by Atiku based on the need to go into the 2023 general elections with a united front.

The PUNCH reports that the opposition party has been rocked by crisis following the choice of the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as Atiku’s running mate.

Wike, Okowa and Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa-Ibom had appeared before the screening panel set up by the PDP to nominate a vice-presidential candidate to the PDP presidential flagbearer.




Okowa was nominated by the PDP presidential candidate after rumours had it that Wike had been selected by the party advisory committee as the vice-presidential candidate the day before.

But findings indicate that the PDP feared Wike might work against Atiku’s ambition following his loss as the party presidential candidate and running mate to Atiku.

Signs that the PDP might run into stormy waters became pronounced with the defection of some of Wike’s supporters from the party in the last 24 hours.



Aside from the resignations of two allies of the Rivers state governor-a former minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe and an ex-commissioner in Edo State, Kassim Afegbua, a mass exodus of party members was also said to be looming.

Sequel to the ominous signs in the party, Atiku was said to have constituted a team to appease and fully bring back Wike into his campaign council, ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a PDP chieftain who was privy to the decision, said, “ Atiku wanted to tell Wike about his choice of Okowa one-on-one but then, he heard that Wike had returned to Rivers. That clearly showed good faith. Even though Wike was not the selected candidate, Atiku wanted to accord him respect by letting him know before the news got to the public.

“Atiku has set up a reconciliatory committee to reach out to Wike and mend the cracks. Atiku understands the need to go to the 2023 elections with a united front. Everyone will be pacified. Not only Wike but every aggrieved person within the party.”

Corroborating the development, a top Atiku confidant stated, “Our people (PDP members) are still aggrieved and when you are doing mediation, you don’t give the impression that you are not sincere but it is a serious undertaking.“His Excellency, Governor Wike is strategic to Atiku’s victory, make no mistake about it. Whatever anybody may say, that is a party man through and through. He understands the times we are in and that was why he threw his hat in the ring; that is why he wants to be president because he feels that he has what it takes to lead the country so also the other candidates who contested.

“Now, that the contest is over, we really have a responsibility to bring everybody together. You don’t go to a battle with a disunited army. Wike is the kind of man you can go to battle with, you don’t leave him behind. You do all you can to bring him on board. The enemy is not within PDP; the enemies are those who have enslaved us; people that have impoverished us.”

Asked about the composition of the reconciliation panel, the source declined to release their names, noting that the job of the members was sensitive.


According to him, the team would approach those known to have Wike’s ears and get them to talk to the Rivers State Governor to close ranks with Atiku.

On the timeframe for the committee’s work, the source added, “No timeframe, it is an ongoing process. We are working very hard and I can assure you that a lot of work is going on. I know because I have spoken with one of those involved.”

The media adviser to Atiku, Mr Paul Ibe, could not be reached for comment while the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, declined to speak.

Wike’s camp

Meanwhile, the peace moves by Atiku may, however, be heading for the rocks as the loyalists of the Rivers State Governor have dismissed the initiative as unnecessary.

A PDP chieftain in Rivers State and former member of the House of Representatives, Ogbomna Nwuke, described the Atiku reconciliation committee as a contradiction.

Speaking to The PUNCH on Tuesday, he said, “On one hand, somebody says he (Wike) is one who talks too much, who probably is uncontrollable. And then, on the other hand, you want him to help your cause. You want victory and you think he can contribute to your victory. Is that not a contradiction?



Nwuke further stated, “Atiku did what he wanted to do. So what committee is he setting up again? To do what? It doesn’t make sense.

“When the convention was over, nobody showed him the way to Wike’s house. If he wants Wike to work with him, he should walk to the Governor of Rivers State and speak with him. We don’t need committees, what will the committee do? It doesn’t make sense to me.

“I don’t know why relationships shouldn’t be exploited. What is this committee thing? You have something else in your mind, you set up a committee to do something else. What is the meaning of that?”

“For the avoidance of doubt, Governor Wike had said no matter what happens he would not leave the PDP. That was what he said.

“The implication is that a man who is committed to the PDP will work for the PDP, whether you set up a committee or not. And that is my personal opinion,” Nwuke stated.

Nwuke, who was also a former commissioner for Information and Communications in Rivers State, also took a swipe at a former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, who accused Wike of being loquacious and rude.


Aliyu had in an interview on Channels Tv on Tuesday said that the PDP presidential candidate did not pick Wike as his running mate because he wanted someone that could complement him, rather than one that talks too much like Wike.

But Nwuke, who represented Etche-Omuma federal constituency in the National Assembly, dismissed Aliyu’s criticisms, saying he didn’t understand the difference between politicking and administration.

He argued, “The Wike that this man (Aliyu) is talking about has been chief of staff. As chief of staff, he never went against his principal. He spoke and did not go beyond his brief.

“This same man (Wike) had served as the Minister of Education. While serving as minister he did not also speak out of tune. Of course, he knew who the boss was, he knew what his role was and he played his role.

“And so people should draw a fine line between politicking and administration. They are not the same thing.

“Everybody who knows Wike knows that he is a team player. In trying to help build the PDP he worked with a team of committed PDP people. And together, they were able to bring the PDP from where it was, in defeat to where it is today.”

Efforts to reach the chairman of the River State PDP, Desmond Akawor, and the party’s spokesman, Sydney Gbara, proved abortive as they did not respond to calls.



Also, Kelvin Ebiri, the media aide to the Rivers State Governor could not be reached on his mobile phone as of the time of filing this report.

But the Commissioner for Information, Delta State, Charles Aniagwu, in an interview with The PUNCH, disclosed that the leaders of PDP were already on the move to pacify aggrieved members.

Meanwhile, political analysts have faulted Atiku’s committee, saying this was not the right direction for reconciliation.

Mr Adekunle Akinola said Atiku erred by allowing the PDP advisory council to interact with Wike and Okowa in the run-up to the selection of his running mate.

Another analyst, Mr Tonye Isokariari, said that the pacification was unnecessary. He noted, “It makes no sense; if I am Wike, I will feel insulted because if he knows he did the right thing he would not have set up a committee to pacify him and people like Wike will not take such an insult. ”

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State says it would shock the PDP and take over the Government House in 2023.

The state APC chairman, Emeka Beke, who disclosed this during an interview with one of our correspondents in Port Harcourt, also said the party would deliver the state for its Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. ,,


https://punchng.com/atiku-raises-team-to-woo-wike-rivers-govs-camp-adamant/