{"id":95996,"date":"2022-06-14T17:18:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T16:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=95996"},"modified":"2022-06-14T17:18:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T16:18:08","slug":"2023-group-moves-to-facilitate-wike-as-atikus-vice-defection-of-top-politicians-to-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2023-group-moves-to-facilitate-wike-as-atikus-vice-defection-of-top-politicians-to-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: Group moves to facilitate Wike as Atiku’s vice, defection of top politicians to PDP\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Political forces keen on ensuring the victory of Peoples Democratic Party presidential flagbearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have commenced multi-level strategic moves towards having Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike as his running mate and facilitating the defection of dependable politicians\u00a0 from the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Patriotic Parliamentarians\u00a0 Front (PPF), a pressure group within the PDP has said.<\/div>\n
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According to the group, two members of the PDP in the House of Representatives \u2013 former Deputy Minority Leader, Honourable Chukwuka Wilson Onyema and Honourable Tajudeen Yusuf (PDP, Kogi state) are activating pro-Atiku\/Wike elements in the Senate, the lower House and state legislatures for active mobilization while VIP teams have already commenced talks with political heavyweights in various states across the North and Southern parts of Nigeria.<\/div>\n
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In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the PPF\u2019s spokesman, Alhaji Mohammed Maikano stated that much progress is already being\u00a0 quietly achieved in the North with the mobilization for Southern votes now a major concern.<\/div>\n
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He disclosed that objective assessments made by the group deeply asserts the significance of South-South votes for PDP\u2019s 2023 electoral victory, adding that there is no doubt that Governor Nyesom Wike will be key to the party\u2019s 2023 election game plan.<\/div>\n
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\u201cOur calculation based on exhaustive studies, is that no one in the entire South-South geopolitical zone can surpass the vote and other strategic resources that can be mobilized towards achieving victory for Atiku\/PDP in the 2023 elections; in past elections, Governor Nyesom Wike had defied great odds and consistently delivered the highest quantum of votes for PDP in the entire South-South geopolitical zone.<\/div>\n
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\u201cGovernor Nyesom Wike’s formidable networks and resourcefulness made very impressive impact in a first attempt for the presidency; his extensive networks across the South-South, South-East and all states being controlled by non-PDP governors adds to the fact that he resolutely kept PDP alive when other governors were hesitant.<\/div>\n
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\u201cGovernor Wike\u2019s grassroots political roots from being a populist chairman at Obio\/Akpor LGA, his keen capacity for tramwork and loyalty to Sir Peter Odili, as Chief of Staff to Rivers state governor, as junior Education minister to Prof. Ruqquayatu Rufai, under the Goodluck Jonathan administration are verifiable testimonies to what he can do.<\/div>\n
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\u201cOne easily recalls that during his tenure as substantive Education Minister, he delivered the Nomadic Education Schools across the North while there were massive infrastructural developments in that sector nationwide.<\/div>\n
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\u201cMerit, capacity, rich nationwide network of contacts and resourcefulness are among factors that make Wike, a former National President of ALGON such a dynamic complement towards actualizing PDP\u2019s electoral victory in next year\u2019s presidential elections,\u201d the group emphasized.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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