Despite the laws discouraging his office from participation in partisan politics, Mr Emefiele’s name was paraded as the “anointed candidate”. They have even rejected overtures from the party with resignations of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PDP, Jibrin Wali and Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Aminu Tambuwal.Īmong the aspirants tipped as the candidate of the presidency was the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Mr Wike, alongside Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and Simeon Ortom of Benue State have anchored their grievances with the party on the need for inclusion. He insisted that PDP national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, must resign as a condition for reconciliation talks. The former has even given his party conditions that it may not be able to meet. Messrs Wike and Tinubu appear to agree on a power shift to the south. Last month, Mr Wike’s camp and Mr Tinubu held a meeting in the UK capital. The decision of Mr Wike to bring in Mr Tinubu into the ongoing turbulence in the main opposition party appears to be in continuation of the London talks. The speculations dominated public discourse until the counting of votes at the APC national convention at Eagle Square on June 9. In the build-up to the APC presidential primaries, speculations were rife of a plot to stop Mr Tinubu by some persons at the presidency. While the remarks may be viewed as the usual outbursts that characterise political campaigns, however, the events of the past eight months tend to give some credence to the comments.
I will tell Nigerians at the appropriate time who that person at the presidency that is backing them and making them arrogant,” he said.
But what they don’t understand is that the same person at the presidency backed someone during the APC presidential primary and the person failed. “Why are they being so arrogant? I can tell you, they are arrogant because they believe somebody at the presidency is backing them. Recent comments by Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State that some unnamed persons in the Presidency are backing the presidential candidate of the main opposition PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has once again sparked speculation of conspiracy against Bola Tinubu by some persons at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
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