Prof. Jerry Gana is believed to be moderating the meeting between Wike and Atiku at his residence in Abuja
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has met the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in Abuja.
The meeting is the first between the two PDP political heavy weights after the emergence of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate to the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
Wike has been on a war mode since Atiku chose Okowa over him.
According to Vanguard Newspaper, the meeting was held at the Abuja residence of Prof. Jerry Gana. Jerry Gana coordinated the campaign of Wike for the PDP presidential primary which he lost to Atiku.
Details of the meeting is still expected. But TheNiche had reported how Wike accused Atiku of peddling lies against during an Arise TV interview.
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“He (Atiku) appeared before Arise Television, see the statements he made. So many lies were told.”
In the July 22 interview, Atiku had said that he did not pick Wike as his running mate for next year’s election because he wanted someone he could work with “amicably”.
“Governor Wike was not rejected. Nobody was rejected in the party. But you must understand that it’s the prerogative of the candidate to pick his running mate — a running mate he believes he can work with amicably, and then also deliver the policies of the party, and also try to unify the country,” Atiku had said.
The comment of Atiku got Wike upset, calling Atiku a liar. He said: “When he (Atiku) unveiled his vice-presidential candidate, no right-thinking lover of this party would say that the speech he made on that day was fair. Forget about the favour seekers. Forget about the scavengers. But I never reacted to it. That is because this party belongs to all of us.
“Thereafter, he appeared on Arise Television, see the statement he made. So many lies were told and you said I should not react to some of those issues. That would not be fair.
“Assuming today, I am not alive, obviously what they have said would be accepted as the truth. Look at his (Atiku) attack dogs, Sule Lamido, Babaginda Aliyu, Maina Waziri. Look at the statements they issued. Look at the abuses they rained on me, but I never reacted.
“And Nigerians will ask, you mean these things happened? So, it is important that as a person and for my own future, and for those who rally around me to say, look, this is not fair. So, I will make sure that I react to them, line by line, of the statements made by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar himself and his attack dogs.”
