Discussions at a closed-door meeting in Abuja, of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike with stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State have been leaked, thereby generating conflicts among political interest groups in the party.
The meeting, held last weekend in the home of the former governor of Cross River State, Mr. Liyel Imoke, was also attended by ex-governor Donald Duke, Sen. Gershom Bassey, Sen. Sandy Onor and the state Chairman of the PDP, Mr. Venatius Ikem.
Wike is believed to be the major financier of the PDP exco structure in Cross River State since Governor Ben Ayade defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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The meeting was reportedly meant to address the division that emerged in the PDP, following arguments and counter- arguments on the need to declare the 2023 governorship ticket of the party as zoned to the Southern Senatorial District.
Besides the party leadership in the state refusing to declare the ticket zoned to the South, the friendship of the Rivers governor with the lawmaker representing Cross River Central Senatorial District, Prof. Sandy Onor, who is a governorship aspirant, was seen as the obvious interest of Wike to see his friend become governor in Cross River State.
