Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, met with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in London.
Although details of the meeting were still sketchy at the moment, but according to reports, it was part of negotiations and permutations ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
Governor Wike attended the meeting with his allies including Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State; Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, among others.
It was gathered that a meeting between Wike and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, was scheduled to hold in London later today.
Before today’s meeting in London, there are increasing fears in the PDP that the crisis between Atiku and Wike may affect its chances in the 2023 presidential elections.
The party leaders, who spoke in separate interviews with Punch on Wednesday, expressed concern about the growing relationship between Wike and influential members of the All Progressives Congress, describing the development as worrisome.
The party’s top members specifically expressed concern over the meeting Wike and two other PDP governors held with the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in London on Monday.