Report has it that Governor Nyesom Wike is currently having a meeting with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Paris, France, source reportedly said that was why Tinubu missed NBA conference
As the crises in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) linger, some governors loyal to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, have moved to Paris, France, for further deliberations and strategies.
The governors travelled on Sunday to meet the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who was already spending his vacation in Paris. Others on the trip are Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom; Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu.
It was further learnt that after a brief meeting in Paris, the governors yesterday moved to London.
“The governors moved to France two days ago to join the Oyo governor who is already there on yearly leave. And they just moved out of France to the United Kingdom,” a source revealed.
At the meeting of the PDP reconciliation committee in Port Harcourt last Friday, the Wike camp had insisted that Iyorchia Ayu, PDP’s national chairman, should resign.
In the high-wired race to who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari next year, it emerged yesterday that the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, met with Wike outside the country in preparation for the general elections.
This is coming weeks after Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State led his colleagues from the APC, Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu to Port Harcourt to meet Wike.
Sources close to Wike and Tinubu independently confirmed last night that the meeting was held outside the country and it explains why Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu were both absent at the NBA conference, which began on Monday in Lagos.
“Yes, we left Nigeria to meet with Tinubu on Monday. We initially thought it would hold in France because that was where Tinubu went the last time he left the country. We, however, got a signal close to our time of departure that we should proceed somewhere else.”
The source added that the meeting was connected with getting Wike’s support for Tinubu in next year’s election.