Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom
Wike, has apologised to leaders and presidential aspirants of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), for his anti-party outburst on Wednesday.
At the National Executive
Committee (NEC) meeting of the party on Friday afternoon, Wike regretted his
comments and assured party leaders he would watch his comments going forward.
“When we demanded apology from
him, he apologised and the party has reconciled,” Okwesilieze Nwodo, a former
chairman of the PDP who attended the NEC meeting disclosed.
Nwodo, a former Governor of Enugu
State, said it was after Wike’s apology that the party went on to have a
“unanimous decision”, to move the party’s convention for election of
presidential candidate to Port Harcourt, at the heart of Nigeria’s oil-rich
Niger-Delta.
Wike sparked political tension
amongst PDP leaders and presidential aspirants when he said on Wednesday that
the presidential primaries must hold in Port-Harcourt, saying unequivocally
that any contrary venue would cost the PDP in next year’s presidential
election.
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When an ordinary governor threatens PRESIDENTIAL aspirants of his party, then, he is clearly bankrolling the affairs of the party and as far as he is concerned, he is calling the shots.
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