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Atiku picks Wike as running mate
- …sources at the National Headquarters of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) confirmed this development
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the committee set up by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to pick Atiku Abubakar’s running mate have picked Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike.
Wike floored Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta state Governor to emerge as Atiku’s running mate
Wike won by a whopping 16 votes and Okowa only got 3 votes.
Observers believed that Ifeanyi Okowa would have been the natural fit for the job, but the obstacle he has is that his former godfather, James Ibori, mounted a serious opposition and resistance to Atiku picking Okowa because his former political son Okowa hijacked the PDP delta state structure from him.
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In no time the Leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will officially announce the choice of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike.
This is a developing story…
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