Last week, Wike and his allies met the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, in the UK as discussions progress ahead of the 2023 elections.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Friday travelled to London, United Kingdom (UK) for another round of talks with his allies.
He travelled together with Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.
They are expected to be joined by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who is currently on vacation abroad, PUNCH reports.
Last week, Wike and his allies met the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, in the UK as discussions progress ahead of the 2023 elections.
They also met former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi in the UK.
A source quoted by the newspaper confirmed the trip to UK by Wike and his allies.
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“Governors Wike, Ikpeazu and Ortom have flown to the United Kingdom for another round of meetings and horse-trading for the 2023 elections.
“They left on Friday and they are scheduled to hold another round of meetings with key stakeholders,” the source said.
It was not immediately clear if they will meet with Tinubu again in the UK as the former governor of Lagos State was still in Nigeria as of Friday.
The UK meetings come as Wike keeps pushing for a bigger stake in the 2023 polls. The Rivers governor is reportedly furious that he was ignored for the vice-presidential slot by the party’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar despite his sacrifices for the major opposition party, the PDP.