Wike, who is having a running battle with Atiku and the party after he lost out in the PDP presidential primaries and vice presidential ticket, recently, gave the party some conditions, and is presently at loggerheads with other top party faithful in his state opposed to his antics.
He stated: “The truth and fact remain that it is the National Working Committee/National Executive Council, NWC/NEC of PDP that should call Atiku’s bluff for insisting on his decision on vice presidential candidate, disrespectfully ignoring and rejecting the overwhelming choice of majority of members of the Committee set up by PDP to recommend a vice presidential candidate to him, PDP being the constitutional sponsoring political party of Atiku’s dream for 2023.”
Commenting on Wike’s purported predilection for controversy, as he is also battling his predecessor and former Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, who is in All Progressives Congress, APC, for the soul of the state, he opined: ” Amaechi and Wike are perfect example of begining and taking progress to the ‘next level’ in Rivers”