Fears in PDP as Govs ditch Atiku, Okowa

The disquiet in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following its May 28 presidential primary and the choice of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as the running mate to Atiku Abubakar in 2023, blew open on Wednesday.

Governors on the platform of the party shunned the inauguration of the campaign council for its Osun governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, in what appeared a strong signal of grand design to ditch Atiku and Okowa in the days ahead.

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party had on Wednesday, inaugurated its campaign council for the Osun state governorship election.

The election is scheduled to take place on July 16.  The PDP had named Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa, as chairman of the committee.

Seyi Makinde of Oyo; Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto; Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia; Nyesom Wike of Rivers; Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu; Bala Mohammed of Bauchi; Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa; Godwin Obaseki of Edo, and Samuel Ortom of Benue were appointed as vice-chairmen.

But they were all absent from the inauguration, including Diri.