Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, may give up on his support for embattled national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu.
Africa Update gathered that if the Wike camp refuse to budge, there is no way Atiku can progress in his campaign as most of the governors, who are key stakeholders in the party are on Wike’s side.
The party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) met on Wednesday, to mediate in the post-convention crisis, especially the division that has pitched stakeholders in the party in opposing teams following Atiku’s announcement of Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate.
Senator Walid Jibrin, the Chairman of the BoT, had dropped the hint that the meeting will fasttrack ongoing reconciliation process in the party. “The BoT is the highest advisory body and conscience of the party.
“After the BoT meeting, we will meet with Wike and all aggrieved members and all past presidential aspirants. It is my prayer as Chairman of BoT that the PDP will remain strong to win all elections in 2023.
“The election of Atiku Abubakar as our presidential candidate and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as a vice presidential candidate is unnecessarily causing confusion among some PDP members.
“I want to advise all BoT members in the Prof. Jerry Gana group to attend the BoT meeting on Wednesday to come out with a common stance of the BoT.
After the BoT meeting, we will meet with Atiku, Okowa and Wike to finally resolve the matter to make PDP stronger and very united and enable Atiku and Okowa to win the election hands down.”
Africa Update is closely monitoring events as they unfold, but it is important to note that the outcome of the meeting might head towards the direction of having a formidable team to deliver the Presidential candidate of the Party, which might lead to the sacrifice of the National Chairman of the Party, who already has the odds stacked against him.
