Details of Governor Wike’s closed door meeting made Public

A peace meeting between the Board of Trustees and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike may have ended in a deadlock on Tuesday, Africa Update has gathered.

The almost four-hour closed door meeting in Government House, Port Harcourt ended at about 4:35 pm as the attendees came out smiling before newsmen.

Acting Chairman of the PDP BoT, Senator Adolphus Wabara, who briefed newsmen hinted that progress had been made at the talks. He said they had a frank discussion but that no conclusion has been reached.

He said, “We have not concluded. You know it is always easy to discuss. But to make peace takes sometime.

“We are better informed. We have gotten some new information. Every coin has two sides. In concrete terms, it is work in progress.”

Speaking after meeting with members of the party’s Board of Trustees at the Government House in Port Harcourt, Wike said he was committed to achieving peace within the PDP.

“The most important thing is to have peace,” Wike said. “The house is united. I am hopeful we will resolve the issues, because I am alive.

“Only those who are alive are hopeful. We have said repeatedly that we will not leave the party. We believe the internal issues will be resolved.”

Recall that Wike and his loyalists have argued that northerners cannot hold the two most important posts in the party, stressing the need for Ayu to honour his earlier commitment to resign his Chairmanship position if a northerner picked the Presidential ticket of the party

Ayu had in October 2021 allegedly said he would vacate the chairmanship seat if the region produces the PDP presidential candidate.

However, the chairman said he won’t resign and will be in office till the end of his four-year tenure.

Earlier, then-PDP Board of Trustees Chairman, Walid Jibrin, and a northerner from Nasarawa State agreed that it is unfair for the party to have its presidential candidate and national chairman from the same region.

Sequel to that, Jibrin had weeks back resigned amid the crisis and PDP BoT had subsequently announced Wabara as acting BoT chairman of the party.