PDP Crisis: Atiku makes fresh reconciliation move, sends party grand masters to pacify Wike

Ahead of the crucial 2023 general election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is taking a big leap to curb the cracks within the party.

The unifier as he is fondly called has drafted former Senate President, David Mark, former Delta state governor, James Ibori and former Rivers state governor, Peter Odili to perform the task of ending the ongoing crisis in the party.

As reported by The Nation, these three PDP grandmasters have been saddled with the task of pacifying the aggrieved Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike who has been in a heated feud with the presidential candidate and the national chairman of the party.

Prior to this development, Governor Wike and his cohort have been at loggerheads with the camp of the presidential candidate over his refusal to instruct the national chairman (Iyorchia Ayu) to step down from his position.

Governor Wike and his cohorts have been of the opinion that the party has been drifting away from its original tenets as a party that supports inclusivity and fairness.

The aggrieved PDP members have kicked against having the party produce the presidential candidate from the north and the national chairman from the same region.

Some of the key aggrieved members are five serving governors which include Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), and Nyesom Wike (Rivers).

Legit.ng gathered all five of them missed out on the campaign kick-off in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital.