Atiku, Wike attend fence-mending meeting in Abuja – Sources

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, met in the federal capital territory on Thursday.

According to TheCable, the meeting was said to have held at the residence of a former minister of information and a member of the PDP board of trustees, Jerry Gana.

A source said Thursday’s meeting was “positive”, and there would be more “fence-mending” in the coming days, which is aimed at resolving the crisis in the party since the presidential primary in May.

“Nyesom Wike and Atiku met today at professor Jerry Gana’s house in Abuja. It was a good meeting and there will be more meetings in the coming days,” the source said.

The meeting comes hours after the PDP BoT set up a committee to resolve the acrimony between both men.

Meanwhile, after a meeting with Wike, his allies and some PDP governors on Sunday, Gana had said Nigerians would be briefed about the party’s affairs as “developments unfold.”

“We have met together for the first time after the primaries of the PDP. We have frankly reviewed matters among ourselves.

“We want to confirm that we are solidly together as a group and we also want to let the nation know that we shall keep our people briefed as developments unfold,” he had said.

The crisis in the party escalated after Abubakar picked Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.

Wike had contested the PDP presidential ticket in May but lost to the former vice-president after a dramatic withdrawal of Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, from the race.