Ahead of the 2023 general election, 18 governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have met with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
They met with WIke on Tuesday, September 6, in a new attempt to resolve the impasse in the party.
According to Channels Television, the candidates arrived the private home of the Rivers governor in Port Harcourt, the state capital, at 8pm for a closed-door meeting that lasted till about 11pm.
The candidates in attendance include that of Kaduna, Plateau, Katsina, Nasarawa, Kebbi, Benue, Sokoto, Jigawa, Borneo and Yobe.
Others are, Kwara, Kanu, Lagos, Niger, Ogun, Cross River, Delta, and Rivers.
After the meeting, the Chairman of the PDP Governorship Candidates Forum and Governorship Candidate of Kaduna State, Isa Ashiru, told journalists that they are hopeful the discussion with Wike, which comes a few days after their meeting with the Presidential Candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, would go a long way in resolving the internal crisis.
Ashiru said their next line of action is to meet with the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.
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