Tambuwal, Wike Meet As Atiku Consults Governors On Running Mate

For the first time since the dramatic showdown at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP convention, Nyesom Wike and his erstwhile pal, Aminu Tambuwal met under the same roof on Wednesday as the party’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar consulted the party’s governors on the choice of a running mate among other issues.

The meeting was part of the process of strategizing ahead of the forthcoming polls.

Speaking after the meeting, Tambuwal who is the chairman of the PDP Governors Forum said:

“On behalf of my colleagues, the governors, let me commend the leadership of the party and members of our party for a very successful national convention.

“The national chairman along with the candidate came to thank the governors for their roles at the convention.

“We talked about cooperation and collaboration in prosecuting a very successful electioneering campaign that will result into victories for the PDP at various elections from the state House of Assembly, national election, governorship and the presidential election come February 2023.

“It is more of a consultative meeting on matters concerning the way forward,” Tambuwal said.

On the running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Tambuwal said “it is part of the consultation, it is ongoing and governors are also being consulted on that,” Tambuwal said.

At the meeting was the PDP National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu; governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, Samuel Ortom of Benue, Udom Emmanuel of Akwa-Ibom, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi and Seyi Makinde of Oyo States.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the meeting on Wednesday was the first time that Tambuwal and Wike who were former political collaborators would meet in public since the Sokoto State governor changed the momentum of the PDP presidential primary when he stepped down for Atiku.

Tambuwal and Wike were former political collaborators who fought together against Atiku in 2019.

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