Governors Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo and Babajide Sanwo-olu of Lagos state on Thursday visited Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt.
The development is believed to be connected with the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) resulting from the nomination of Atiku Abubakar as the candidate of the main opposition party for the 2023 presidential election.
Wike was seen teasing his colleagues when they arrived.
The fiery Rivers Governor who lost the PDP presidential ticket to Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar met with the APC chieftains and others at his country home in the Port Harcourt area of the state on Friday.
The purpose of the visit by APC governors and the subsequent meeting with their host was largely to seek Wike’s support for the 2023 Presidential flagbearer of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Prior to this there had been reports that the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and Wike met in France. The reports were, however, debunked by the former Lagos State governor’s media aide, Tunde Rahman, who described them as “fake news”.
However, the APC hopes to capitalize on the current rift between Wike and Atiku to woo him into the ruling party.
