Following the resignation of the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, as the South-South zonal coordinator of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council yesterday, intense pressure has been mounted on him to rescind his decision.
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Saturday Sun had reported that the Rivers governor would tender his letter of resignation yesterday, an action considered by many would cause a major upset to the presidential campaign of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
LIST OF APPLICATIONS FOR REGULARISATION OF AREA COUNCIL LAND DOCUMENTS NULLIFIED/CANCELLED BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF FCT
As at yesterday, PDP bigwigs, including the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose and the allies of the presidential candidate of the party have been reaching out to Governor Wike, urging him to reconsider his stand for the interest of the party.
LIST OF APPLICATIONS FOR REGULARISATION OF AREA COUNCIL LAND DOCUMENTS NULLIFIED/CANCELLED BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF FCT
It was not certain yesterday whether Wike has accepted their pleas.
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The Rivers governor was in October named zonal coordinator along side Ayo Fayose, Aminu Tambuwal, Ibrahim Dankwambo, Samuel Ortom, and Dave Umahi with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, as Director-General of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Council.
Specifically, Governor Aminu Tambuwal is in charge of Northwest, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo, Northeast; Governor Samuel Ortom, North-Central; Governor Dave Umahi, Southeast; Governor Nyesom Wike, South-South and former Governor Ayodele Fayose, Southwest.
Wike was angered by the way vital decisions and appointments were carried out without consultations of party leaders.
A source who is close to Governor Wike had confided in our reporter that there are other leaders of the party that have complained of not being carried along in the composition of the campaign council.
He mentioned the immediate past National Chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu among others.
