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Loveurneighbour:
The governor of Rivers State, Mr Nyesom Wike, who is a presidential aspirant under the platform of the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the weekend tasked stakeholders and founding fathers of the party to give the presidential ticket to someone who will not run away from the party.

The Presidential aspirant equally vowed to put David Umahi’s successor in Ebonyi State during the forthcoming 2023 general election.

Wike made this known while addressing stakeholders and political leaders of PDP in Ebonyi State during his consultation visit to the people of the state.

According to him: “I’m here in Ebonyi State to let you know that you should not border on the setbacks you have, that the law must take its prepared place at the right time. I don’t want to send any delegation to the people of Ebonyi, I told Governor Ugwuanyi that I’m coming personally so that you look into my eyes and I will look at your eyes.

"And nobody born of a woman shall tell me not to enter Ebonyi, I say nobody. I’m a full committed party member of PDP. I joined PDP when it was founded in 1998. Anything I’m today by the special Grace of God, as chairman of LGA to governor, Minister and it is PDP that gave it to me.

"Therefore, I owe PDP a lot and I will continue to support PDP. I’m not one of those who will reap and abandoned those who helped him. Go and tell whoever that is anywhere, that whatever you sow, you will reap. All those that PDP helped to be in power and have betrayed PDP, the judgment will come one day.

“I told Ebonyi people that you must take back your party secretariat and to the glory of God, we are here today. Let me tell you the truth, nobody can intimidate me, Not one. And I want my colleague in Ebonyi, David Umahi to hear me well. Wherever you are, wherever you may be, hear me now.

"PDP laboured and put their sleepless night and PDP won the election and you took the mandate of our people and go to another party, anybody who has conscience’, if you know you are a man and very strong and any day they put election you will win, I challenge you to resign and then come and contest election to know whether you will win again.

“We will continue to fight against injustice, we will fight for democracy. I’m making myself available to defeat APC in the forthcoming 2023 general election. My dear Ebonyi people, I’m here to tell you, I will stand by you, I will support you any day anytime.

"What PDP want is who will win election, give me this ticket, let me go and defeat APC for you. I’m not running for president to be given vice president. I’m not running to be called former presidential aspirant. I didn’t buy another form, Incase this one didn’t work, I will go back to it. If you have told Ebonyi people and Nigerians that you are running for president, why are you collecting another form for other positions” he stated.

"In a swift reaction, the Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi who is equally a presidential aspirant under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, challenged him to a debate.

Umahi cautioned Wike for saying that he will not win elections without PDP, describing him as a lawyer that does not know the law.

“I am calling him to debate, he wants to be President, I want to be President, let us do a debate so that the world would see how intellectual property would be deployed,” he noted.

https://dailypost.ng/2022/04/24/2023-give-ticket-to-who-will-not-run-away-after-election-wike-tells-pdp-leaders/

Mr Wike has spoken, he has seem the handwriting on the wall that PDP will loose the general elections so don't give the ticket to somebody that can run away after loosing,

InsightsGuru:
It appears no candidate from the NW may flag either the APC or PDP ticket, so we may not expect as large a turnout from the NW in 2023. That turnout was driven by PMB who had a cult following in that region. No matter who PMB endorses, the turnout may not be as large this time around.

The PDP may have an upper hand if the APC makes the mistake in who flags its ticket. A key consideration for the APC should not be the most popular in the party, but rather who is widely accepted and can go on to win the general election. I'm not sure if there is any credible poll for the APC but speaking from sentiments I would think Osinbajo remains the strongest candidate even against an Atiku/Obi ticket though he still needs to be able to extricate himself from the government in his messages and campaigns which will be a tough job but not impossible.

The PDP is supposed to have an upper hand in this coming election for several seasons. First, Buhari is not on the ticket. Second, the economy is in bad shape. Third, insecurity is clearly a big issue. Fourth, they can field a popular candidate from the north and capture huge voter numbers.

Given the above reasons, the APC is in a vulnerable position and needs to get it right, else they will lose the election.

APC is not in any kind of danger because we all know quite well that PDP is broke and at the long run will give their ticket to the highest bidder either Wike or Atiku. Wike cannot get 5% votes in any northern state except may be Benue and Plateau states, and for Atiku he is a regular customer to Buhari pandemic, which ever option you choose APC will win because the likes Peter Obi, Saraki, are washouts when it comes to northern politics

osinbanjoisaliar:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/breaking-protesters-storm-jonathans-office-ask-him-to-declare-for-presidential-race/

Protest is not the solution right now, what is important is just raise up N100 million and buy the nomination form f or Mr Johnathan and wait after 1hr if he cannot declare for the presidency, that is the trend presently, carrying placards on the street is public nuisance

Nemere2020:
https://thenationonlineng.net/bandits-will-run-if-they-hear-my-name-wike/

Campaign jargons, first clear the creeks of warlords and armed oil thieves only then we will take you seriously

kcmichael:
https://guardian.ng/politics/abe-joins-rivers-apc-guber-race-vows-to-resist-illegality-rascality/

Abe, sponsored by Wike to cause confusion in River State APC, only a mad man will hand over the APC gubernatorial ticket to you, tell Wike not to waste his money

HonNL:
SOURCE

Safe journey to you people sir, a sauka lafiya

yanabasee:
It's not how big a state is ... Is like having a big head and you don't have sense....

The North is big and large and they keep producing almajiris as their leaders... And they're well known for terrorism and suicide bombing...


Anambra has good leaders and industrious citizens.... They have millionaires compare to Bauchi.... The millionaires we have in Bauchi are politicians stealing government funds into their personal accounts and for their personal use....

Rubbish, Madam Patience Johnathan once said the same thing and the almajiris showed her husband the way out of Aso rock , and here you are repeating the same rubbish, in 2023 the same almajiris will show you people
pepper, block head

Henrinos:
The fearless outspoken priest and spiritual head of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Father Ejike Mbaka during the Good Friday all-night program, spoke about the monday sit at home, he lamented on the negative impact of the exercises, especially on business people, but also made it clear what the only solution will be.

He said; we can not deny the fact that this sit at home is costing millions of money especially to business people, but we cannot also pretend not to know the solution.

They should release our brother mazi Nnamdi Kanu. If he is released today the sit at home will stop today. You can’t stop it by force, politicians tried it but it was in vain. They sit at home with their families every monday and if they want to go out, they move with more than 20 trucks of security men.

Anambra Government that tried to use force to stop it is feeling the heat today. So let them release our brother mazi Nnamdi Kanu and sit at home will stop.

On mazi Nnamdi Kanu, he first sang the emotional brotherhood song; (onuru ube nwa nne agbala oso) ” He who hears the cry of his brother should not abandon him”

Then he said; He is our brother, we lifted our hands up to God to pray for his release, we can’t run away from it, it is a situation that came up with our generation, we must face it.

I heard the names of some people that were granted presidential amnesty but his name was not there. I wonder what his crime is…
Let the Igbos who can go request for his release start the journey.

Reverend Father, sit at home did not start after Kanu was arrested, it was firmly on ground before he was arrested so how can his release bring it to an end

riversstaterep:
2023: Governor Wike Vows To End Killings In Plateau, Others If Elected President

Rivers State Governor and Presidential aspirant, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to end the massacre of citizens of Plateau and other States if elected president in 2023.

Click the link below to read full story
https://www.riversstatereporters.com/2022/04/nyeson-wike-vows-to-end-killings-in-nigeria-as-president.html
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Is River State safer than Plateaux State presently, make river state peaceful as a governor first, then and only then we can believe you that you Will bring peace on the plateaux if you become president, after all they said charity begins at home

osinbanjoisaliar:
https://punchng.com/2023-presidency-ill-make-my-position-public-on-tuesday-says-ngige/

My good friend who was there with you when you consulted God, Angels and Archangels told me that all of them unanimously told you not to contest, My dear minister don't go against the words of God, be wise

Baitullah:
So of what good is this news to us? Hiw ss it reduced the rice of a bag of rice?

The good thing about this news is that One Good Thing Deserves Another, if you are not getting me what it simply mean is that Tinubu scratched her husband's back so its now time for her husband to scratch Tinubu's back,

envoymedia:
https://igberetvnews.com/1418152/forget-rough-face-talk-vote-president-wike-video/

Lalasticlala
Mynd44

My dear governor they said love begets love, money has made you very authoritative and arrogance, what will happen if we add power to the money, I just wonder

Yenkwin:
PHOTO NEWS: Rivers state H.E Gov Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON arrived Maiduguri international airport, he was received by Yobe and Borno state PDP stake holders, executives and party supporters.

#Renewnigeria2023 #wikeforpresident23 #NEW2023 #PDP2023 #OneNigeria #PDP #everyonematters #pdpnigeria[b][/b]

Who and who did he insult and lampoon today

amoreobansu:
By Luminous Jannamike


Vanguard News Nigeria
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/they-were-happy-when-i-hit-jonathan-hard-asked-him-to-resign-abuja-chief-imam-sacked-for-anti-buhari-sermon/amp/

That was because Mr Johnathan was at his dead end so what ever you said that time you have the support of the masses, this is a different scenario Buari is in prime time and loved by the masses, so please thread with caution

joe54:
As patriots we must unite and condemn this Destruction of national infrastructure.

We should be reminded that we are in massive debt brought upon us by our failed political elite.

All these callous behaviors are being sponsored by politicians so that at the end of the day they will say Buhari is not working, how can your hatred for one person run you so mad to the extent that you destroy the critical infrastructure that has been built for our collective social wellbeing, very soon this man will leave the central Stage and it is only then that you will realize the ripple effect of what you are doing

lagonovo:
Our ballot box has more options than A and B. What did we do to support the other available options?

My brother we have only two parties in Nigeria, APC and PDP, all other parties na wash out

politicoNG:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/522419-just-in-i-never-said-vote-for-buhari-in-2015-soyinka.html

Prof I did not get you clearly, when I have two options evil A and evil B and am suppose to choose the lesser evil and you gave me a leakage that if i choose option A I will go to hell fire but you did not tell me what will happen to me if I choose option B, inadvertently you are telling me that option B is a lesser evil.

Bobloco:
Is This How Governor Ayade Will Leave Us?

BY AGBA JALINGOMAR 08, 2022

In 447 days time from now, Governor Ayade will share the grace from office. He will stop being our governor. In case you don't understand; he will hand over to a new governor and become former governor. But the actual grace sharing begins after the primaries of the political parties which must hold and be completed within the next five months. Even before and after then, politicking takes over everything. Governance grinds to a total halt.


But I have been thinking and picking my teeth and wondering that, like play, like play, is this how Governor Ayade will just leave us?


1. Without a superhighway, an evacuation corridor where we will drive from Calabar to Obudu with a glass of water on the trunk of the car and the glass will not shake?

2. Without turning Bakassi to Lugano?

3. Without resettling the Bakassi IDPs?

4. Without, a deep sea port in Bakassi?

5. Without Ikom Chocolates in the stores?

6. Without poles, piles and pylons in even Bedwell market in Calabar?

7. Without even a face towel from garment factory in any shop on Marian road in Calabar?

8. Without a rice city churning out highly improved "Calas 77" seeds to the rest of Nigeria to generate N70billion annually for Cross River and decouple the State from federal allocation?

9. Without a trademark roofing sheet or tile from Yala roofing tile factory, in the market?

10. Without Bekwara groundnut oil in the market?

11. Without Obubra cassava processing factory starch in the stores?

12. Without thousands of Cross Riverians on the Ayadecare insurance scheme?

13. Without a functional passenger and cargo airport in Obudu?

14. Without registering an airline or getting an AOC?

15. With a chicken processing factory that functions only during the Yuletide?

16. Without a cotton farm in Yala to feed the garment factory?

17. With brown roofs in Calabar without changing every roof to blue roof?

18. Without a spaghetti fly over?

19. With a depleted green forest and murderous wood barons?

20. Without a bag of Ogoja rice in the market from a bubbling rice mill in Ogoja?

21. With a nearly decapitated civil service?

22. With children been driven away from primary schools for illegal levies?

23. Without Ayadecare Specialist Hospitals in the three senatorial districts?

24. Without Centricot, Northicot and Calas Vegas?

25. Without a petrocross vessel to rake in revenue for our State?

26. Without a vessel to ship merchandize from Cross River to the world?

27. Without a revolutionary robotic and artificial intelligence innovation?

28. Without flying essential drugs to remote areas in Cross River with drones?

29. Without a functional 23 megawatts electricity generating plant in Calabar or 26 megawatts in Tinapa?

30. Without building two megawatts electricity generating plants in each of the 18 Local Government Areas of the State, through Industrial Project Services (IPS) from South Africa?

31. Without a single drug manufactured from CalaPharm?

32. Without a functional toothpick factory in Ekori?

33. Without a functional Cross River microfinance bank?

34. Without a banana processing farm in Odukpani?

35. Without the anti-tax committee ending taxation of people earning 50k and below?

36. Without stopping indigenes from paying fees in UNICROSS as he promised?

37. Without the monorail which he opened himself in Calabar?

38. Without Ayade food banks anywhere in the State?

39. Without kisime Noddles in the market?

40. With just food on the table for a few?

41. Without delivering the Ugep polytechnic?

42. Without delivering the Ogoja Polytechnic?

43. Without take-off of Teachers Institute in Biase LGA?

44. Without take-off of Canadian School in Obudu?

45. Without a solar panel manufacturing factory, opposite Brigadier Ally cantonment?

46. Without a Cambodian King grass plantation that grows with lush, to solve the farmers/herders crises in Nigeria and raise revenue for our State?

47. Without a social housing estate for the Aborigines of Obudu ranch?

48. Without fixing the State Library?

49. Without the Mopol barracks in Okworotung Obudu?

50. Without turning around the moribund Obudu Cattle Ranch?

These were just some of our governor's promises amongst others. Once the cameras roll in front of him, the promises begin to cascade like the springs of Obudu Ranch. He promised a bag full and has achieved little. Scattered all over our State today are monuments of infantile passion about industrialization without direction, that will serve as mementos of the trappings of a governor who knew how to talk but could not do.

Governor Ayade remains a shining and fantastic example of how passion alone and ideas do not translate to delivery. He is an epitome of a plan-less leader and a reflection of what a disaster plan-lessness and impulse leadership can wreck.

If you rely on optics and oratory, Ayade will win Nigeria's best governor any day. But the reality on the ground is not far from me. It is within my grasp, because I am involved.

Yours sincerely,
Citizen Agba Jalingo.

51. With out getting you married to your proposed wife after 8 years of courtship

Jostoman:
I like the way ohanaeze people are speaking with one voice now but it is those APC miscreants that are reporting nonsense about PDP but APC useless tactics against PDP will not work.

You always attack APC for every misfortune that be falls you, you have enslaved yourself to this PDP for over23 years with nothing to show for, why can't you try an alternative platform like APC, you will be surprise the political fortunes that awaits you there

ahmedkoded95:
The wife of the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has picked her expression of interest and nomination forms to contest for the Senate seat of Anambra North District in the 2023 general election.

This is coming a few hours after the Chief of Staff to the former governor, Mr Primus Odili, declared interest to run for the same seat.

According to a statement on Wednesday by the Senior Special Adviser to Willie Obiano, Mr Uloka Chuks, Ebelechukwu Obiano, was accompanied to the All Progressives Grand Alliance National Secretariat in Abuja by party members, stakeholders, transition committee chairmen and numerous supporters, where she purchased her nomination form.

Obiano had earlier made her intention known to her constituents and party faithfuls early in March at her residence in Aguleri, Anambra East Local Government Area,

She said the plight of the people, especially women and Children from the rural communities of her constituency, informed her decision to hearken to the demonstrations and pleas from various groups and organisations to represent the zone at the 10th national assembly.

The former first lady, who is the founder Caring Family Enhancement Initiative, maintained that her interest is all about service to God and mankind and not just for the pleasure of political power.

Reacting to questions at the APGA National Secretariat, Mrs Obiano said she will continue her advocacy for a better life for women and children of Anambra North and Nigeria at the Senate Chambers by pushing for Bills and debate motions that will be in their interest.

“I have used my position as a first lady to give hope to the hopeless in the society, cared for children with deformity and disability, built houses for homeless widows, rehabilitated and reunited mentally challenged people with their families, amongst many others. I will continue my divine call to be a blessing to humanity.

Amongst those who endorsed Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano Senatorial ambition and pledged support in various capacities, were the state Chairman of APGA in Imo State, Chief Paul Iwuala.

Iwuala maintained that her selfless service and commitment to her husband, the former governor and present National Leader and BoT Chairman of APGA, Willie Obiano, has helped sustain and stabilize the party, adding that it is time for the party to appreciate and reward their leader for his uncommon leadership.

“We trust in her capacity to speak for us, protect our interest and that of our region and children, nkea bu nke anyi,” Iwuala said.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/2023-obianos-wife-picks-apga-nomination-form-for-senate/%3famp

Lalasticlala Mynd44

To fa, Bianca over to you,

Bebigiby:
Sometime in 2021, I had warned Nigerians on several platforms including Nairaland about NIN program, its true purpose and evil Buhari's government agenda for Nigerians. I received insults and was ridiculed by some members of this forum. Back then, I told Nigerians that the evil government will use this to deny them services and now you can see what is happening, people's phone numbers blocked and forced to get the evil NIN number before they can access services and even with what is happening, it is still glaring that many Nigerians are still sleeping.

Nigerians should be vigilant and resist any policies that will enslave and further take away their freedom. If nothing is done to stop this, the evil government will execute the plan of linking NIN to not only phone numbers but all public services as part of a plan to create the beast system (fascist totalitarian state) and advance their Islamic agenda of total control. This program in the future will be used to track / control you and also make it easy to deny you public services when you do or say anything the evil government don't like.

The key to advancing the evil NIN program is to create high level of insecurity in the country. A case of problem, reaction, solution. They create a problem (Insecurity) and then once there is a reaction, they implement their evil agendas which includes the NIN program.

NIN program is also a DNA harvesting scheme and it seem to be tied into COVID-19 agenda. An experiment which shows that some of those who took the COVID-19 vaccine may have been chipped can be found in the link below

https://www.nairaland.com/7047562/exposed-why-covid-19-vaccine-bad

See https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/08/fg-dumps-plastic-national-identity-card-for-digital-identification/

See https://www.biometricupdate.com/202008/nigerias-national-biometric-id-proposed-to-go-digital-add-dna

NIN number that is tied to you can be used to track and deny you services when the evil government unveil it's true purpose (You can see it happening already) and also can be used by the "Terrorists" in the evil Buhari's government to advance their Islamic fulani agenda (Pantami, the man currently in charge of this evil agenda has been exposed to be linked to Terrorists see https://www.theafricareport.com/83029/nigeria-after-pantami-are-there-more-closet-extremists-in-government/) . You will lose your right to protest bad polices or criticize the government in future.

If nothing is done to stop it, then it is only a matter of time. May God the creator of heaven and earth deliver and protect his people.

My friend go and link up your Sim card and stop harassing people on the road

November1857:
2023: We didn’t throw open race for PDP presidential ticket ― Ortom

.....insists he was quoted out of context



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/2023-we-didnt-throw-open-race-for-pdp-presidential-ticket-%e2%80%95-ortom/

Don't mind them your excellency, they are jealous of the N200 million Wike gave you they want Wicked Wike to come and collect it back from you, bad belle people

Penguin2:
In 2019, Atiku pulled a masterstroke by choosing Mr Peter Obi as his running mate in the presidential race. It was a move that hugely brightened his chances as Mr Peter Obi is not only popular among business community but also hugely popular among the youths.

The duo went on to give APC a run for their money even with Buhari who is considered popular as its candidate as well as some act of sabotage by some PDP stakeholders in the south who felt smitten by the choice of Peter Obi, arguing that they were not consulted.

So, considering their strong showing at the polls in 2019, and considering also that Buhari will not be on the ballot again in 2023, does it not make sense for PDP to repeat the Atiku/Obi ticket in the 2023 presidential election?

If anything, a lot of Nigerians identified with the duo and hoped they won. Some people still argues they won election but APC manufactured votes from troubled Yobe and Borno to swell their votes and get declared by INEC.

So what do you think? Should PDP repeat the Atiku/Obi ticket or is their another alliance/pairing that you think would be stronger?

Lalasticlala
Mynd44

Peter Obi should go and rest, he is not trustworthy, PDP best bet now is Atiku/Uguanyi. Atiku/Wike would have been okay but in the North here we despite anything Wike, so that is that

Faithdamy:
Mr Nnamdi Asogwa, of UNN the immediate past Director of Social, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, allegedly takes Nigerian Singer Adeleke David popularly known as Davido, to court for refusing to contest for the Seat of President in the next 2023 general election.

Taking to his social media handle, Mr Nnamd disclosed that the singer davido, DMW Bose ought to have declared his interest, adding that the singer has helped a lot of youths and has made Nigerians at home and abroad proud.

According to him, he said “Let it be known that on this day 04/04/2022, I Nnamdi Asogwa decided to take a legal action against one Mr. Davido for Refusing to take up the post of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 001”

https://freshreporters.com/unn-student-sues-davido-for-not-showing-interest-to-run-for-president-in-2023/

Useless boy, if you are looking for money to buy handouts why can't you go and start selling kpomo

HitRun:
There are only two camps: Those who want the presidency to go to the south because it is their turn (and rightly so), and those who want the presidency to go to Atiku (masquerading as pro-consensus or 'throw it open') because they feel he is the strongest candidate the PDP has to defeat ANY candidate the APC puts forward.

I am certain that if the PDP had a candidate as formidable as Atiku in the south, nobody would have been clamoring for the zoning to go to the north or be thrown open.

I also do not think the push for a northern candidate is because they love Atiku so much, PDP are desperate to win the election. But I think things may get a little tricky if APC picks a south east flagbearer and PDP gives it to Atiku.

If APC goes southeast and PDP does same, PDP should probably win the election. If APC goes anywhere outside south east and PDP gives it to Atiku, APC will be trashed.

APC only stands a chance if they go south east and PDP gives it to Atiku.

Not that PDP has no formidable candidate in the south but that their main Financier has mouth diarrhea, he talks recklessly insulting every body across the board, he never thought that he will one day leave his comfort zone in the creeks to go up North or West scampering for votes,

SATANICALLY:
He (God) called me and he said Dino, I said yes my Lord. He called the second time again, I said yes my Lord. He called the third time, and he said: Atiku would be the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”



https://www.informationng.com/2022/04/god-called-me-thrice-and-said-atiku-is-our-next-president-says-dino-melaye.html

Dino, what did this your God tells you about Saraki

CyynthiaKiss:
Not hirering foreign machineries...

Why not? Anything that can bring that madness in Kaduna to an end is welcome, why is CAN afraid of foreign mercenaries if I may ask

bjtinz:
So what exactly does he do with all the millions accruing to the state?

Umahi was right after all. Na just to dey bully and make noise him sabi

He bulldoze them to the supreme court to win cases for PDP

Fahdiga:
Tinubu might go the way of Abiola because after been disappointed in the presidential race Buhari will jail him too

Nothing like that, Tinubu is a king maker and will always remain as such and all his integrity intact, he is just a victim of circumstances and misconception we have in the north here, Nigerians are not ready for a Muslim Muslim ticket now, though winnable, the average northerner is more comfortable with a southern Christian president than a Christian vice president which a Tinubu candidacy will put forward

Fahdiga:
I don't like APC but God forbid this man becoming the president. Just being a governor has shown that he is power drunk and lack manners. Wike will be the improved version of tyranny to compare with Buhari is he mistakenly becomes the president

You have driven away Amaechi from River state and made him a refugee in Abuja, very soon when baba Buhari make him the consensus presidential candidate for APC you will also become a tenant at Gamboru Ng ala maximum security prison it's just got matter of time

Vixlot:
AMIDST public suspense over the zoning of the 2023 presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a cold war is brewing between the national chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu and Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, over issues relating to the plans by the new party leadership to run an all-inclusive administration by reconnecting with estranged leaders of the party. 

Sources informed the Sunday Tribune that some stakeholders have, however, advised the governor to tread with caution, warning that his action, which was to protect his own enlightened self-interest, could cause a fresh crisis in the party. 

The sources said one of the issues responsible for the crisis of confidence between the duo was the recent visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Abeokuta, Ogun State, residence by the PDP national chairman with some former governors, which sources said, angered the Rivers governor. 

The governor had reportedly expressed reservation on the plan by Ayu to lead a delegation to Obasanjo, ostensibly to woo back the exPDP leader on the grounds of political differences with the former president. 

After the visit, the governor was reportedly not taken aback by Obasanjo’s open declaration that he had left partisan politics.


Said one of the sources, “when Ayu disregarded Wike and went to Abeokuta, Ogun State but came back with a message that Obasanjo said he would never return to partisan politics, the governor said he was not surprised. He reportedly said the party was beginning to align with some forces that will be counterproductive to his vision of the PDP. So, a crisis of confidence is already brewing between Wike and Ayu.” 


Another point of disagreements between them was said to be the attendance at the penultimate Friday rally organised by the PDP to receive defectors from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State. 

Governor, believed to be nurturing a presidential ambition, was reportedly not comfortable that some ‘old’ PDP leaders were assembled by Ayu for the declaration apparently to take a commanding position in the scheme of things. 

Some former ministers, governors and other high profile politicians of the party graced the reception for the leader of the Lagos4Lagos group to the PDP recently. 

“Secondly, Wike is not happy that when Ayu came to the Lagos4Lagos event in Lagos, he came with some former ministers and ex-governors, among them, Alhaji Sule Lamido, Senator Liyel Imoke, ex-Governor Donald Duke, Kabiru Turaki and Dr Olusegun Mimiko. 

“He believed Ayu is reawakening the old PDP and surrounding himself with old PDP elements. He complained bitterly,” the source alleged. 

Though there were reports, at the weekend, that the governor may have set up a crack team to defend his interest in the light of the emerging power equation in the PDP, the team’s membership could not be established at press time. 

“Wike has brought together some people and briefed them on how to tackle Ayu,” the source stated, adding that the fear in the camp of the governor is that Ayu’s attempt at reuniting influential members of the party ahead of coming elections would weaken his influence, especially given that some of the old PDP stalwarts were perceived as part of the problems of the former ruling party. 

Wike wielded great influence in the process that threw up PDP national leadership in the past, including the immediate national executive under the chairmanship of Prince Uche Secondus. Some concerned PDP leaders were said to have waded in, describing the development as unhealthy for the party and the governor. 

“The people advised Wike to steer clear of starting any crisis with Ayu because people might perceive him as a troublemaker and too domineering

https://tribuneonlineng.com/pdp-wike-ayu-in-cold-war/

Why cold war, we want it to be Hot war, so that we will enjoy this cool hamattan period

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Thats how Peter Obi became a very rich man, making money but living poor.

Peter Obi is one of the few billionaires who lives like a pauper.

That's stinginess, when you have and pretend not to have so as not to help others is the Hallmark of greed, it is ungodly,