The battle for the soul of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 presidential election has already began as the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, have launched political onslaught against the party’s presidential candidate in the 2019 election, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.
Pointblanknews.com gathered that Tambuwal and Wike who are planning to emerged as PDP’s presidential candidate and running mate respectively in 2023, have been scheming to ensure that Atiku does not win at the Supreme Court.
A party source told Pointblanknews.com that the two governors who are seeking to edge out Atiku as defacto leader of the party on account of his presidential candidacy status, are worried that if Atiku emerges the party candidate in 2023, their political career would be over.
It was further learnt that National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, who Wike singlehandedly installed has also ditched him for Atiku, who has since held firm to the reins of the party. The former vice president has been holding strategic meetings on the running of the party in far away Dubai, the recent of which was with the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party.
The source added that the recent outbursts by Wike against the leadership of the party is reflective of his frustration at his loss of grip on events in the party.
Wike backed Tambuwal’s ambition in 2019 to emerge the PDP presidential candidate which he eventually lost to Atiku at the primaries. But Wike and Tambuwal remained close.
However, Wike had congratulated Buhari after Atiku lost at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) in a move meant to spite the party over its failure to yield to his candidate for the House Minority Leader, Hon Kingsley Chinda. Hon Ndudi Elumelu had emerged minority leader against the party’s directive to PDP members to vote for Hon Chinda.
Miffed by the situation, the Rivers State governor had described a committee setup by the PDP BoT, comprising three former Senate presidents, to investigate the crisis arising from the House minority leadership tussle as corrupt.
Worried that Wike’s outbursts was getting out of hand, Tambuwal led five other PDP governors including Adamawa State Governor, Umaru Fintiri; Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom; and Zamfara State Governor, Mohammed Matawalle, to Port Harcourt to appease him.
However, the PDP source told Pointblanknews.com that the intrigues currently playing out in the party was a manifestation of Wike and Tambuwal’s move to wrest the party structure away from Atiku.
The source said, “Governors Tambuwal, Wike are leading some PDP leaders to work against Atiku’s Presidency because of 2023. They fear that an Atiku’s presidency will retire them politically and kill their presidential ambitions. Tambuwal wants to run for the 2023 Presidential Elections.
“He has Wike in mind as his running mate. The duo have been plotting to ensure that the Atiku is not successful at the court. Their calculation is that despite Atiku’s plan to run a single term, he might renege on that and do a two terms, which would put most of them out politically.
“On the other hand, Uche Secondus has fallen out with Wike because of his perceived loyalty to Atiku and others who returned back to PDP. Wike feel Secondus has not shown enough loyalty after he backed and bankrolled his emergence as chairman of the party.
“He has stopped Secondus’s wife contract in Rivers and also denied Secondus son a contract, something he effortlessly does when the going was good.”
Besides Wike and Tambuwal, the source also revealed that former governors of Kano and Gombe states, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Ibrahim Dankwambo are also plotting to upstage Atiku ahead of 2023.
“Kwankwaso and Dankwambo are also part of the plot against Atiku. Recall Kwankwanso and Dankwambo couldn’t deliver their states for Atiku,” the source added.

http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/2023-rumble-in-pdp-as-wike-tambuwal-others-move-against-atiku-presidency/

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KEVIND:
The battle for the soul of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 presidential election has already began as the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, have launched political onslaught against the party’s presidential candidate in the 2019 election, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.
Pointblanknews.com gathered that Tambuwal and Wike who are planning to emerged as PDP’s presidential candidate and running mate respectively in 2023, have been scheming to ensure that Atiku does not win at the Supreme Court.
A party source told Pointblanknews.com that the two governors who are seeking to edge out Atiku as defacto leader of the party on account of his presidential candidacy status, are worried that if Atiku emerges the party candidate in 2023, their political career would be over.
It was further learnt that National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, who Wike singlehandedly installed has also ditched him for Atiku, who has since held firm to the reins of the party. The former vice president has been holding strategic meetings on the running of the party in far away Dubai, the recent of which was with the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party.
The source added that the recent outbursts by Wike against the leadership of the party is reflective of his frustration at his loss of grip on events in the party.
Wike backed Tambuwal’s ambition in 2019 to emerge the PDP presidential candidate which he eventually lost to Atiku at the primaries. But Wike and Tambuwal remained close.
However, Wike had congratulated Buhari after Atiku lost at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) in a move meant to spite the party over its failure to yield to his candidate for the House Minority Leader, Hon Kingsley Chinda. Hon Ndudi Elumelu had emerged minority leader against the party’s directive to PDP members to vote for Hon Chinda.
Miffed by the situation, the Rivers State governor had described a committee setup by the PDP BoT, comprising three former Senate presidents, to investigate the crisis arising from the House minority leadership tussle as corrupt.
Worried that Wike’s outbursts was getting out of hand, Tambuwal led five other PDP governors including Adamawa State Governor, Umaru Fintiri; Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom; and Zamfara State Governor, Mohammed Matawalle, to Port Harcourt to appease him.
However, the PDP source told Pointblanknews.com that the intrigues currently playing out in the party was a manifestation of Wike and Tambuwal’s move to wrest the party structure away from Atiku.
The source said, “Governors Tambuwal, Wike are leading some PDP leaders to work against Atiku’s Presidency because of 2023. They fear that an Atiku’s presidency will retire them politically and kill their presidential ambitions. Tambuwal wants to run for the 2023 Presidential Elections.
“He has Wike in mind as his running mate. The duo have been plotting to ensure that the Atiku is not successful at the court. Their calculation is that despite Atiku’s plan to run a single term, he might renege on that and do a two terms, which would put most of them out politically.
“On the other hand, Uche Secondus has fallen out with Wike because of his perceived loyalty to Atiku and others who returned back to PDP. Wike feel Secondus has not shown enough loyalty after he backed and bankrolled his emergence as chairman of the party.
“He has stopped Secondus’s wife contract in Rivers and also denied Secondus son a contract, something he effortlessly does when the going was good.”
Besides Wike and Tambuwal, the source also revealed that former governors of Kano and Gombe states, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Ibrahim Dankwambo are also plotting to upstage Atiku ahead of 2023.
“Kwankwaso and Dankwambo are also part of the plot against Atiku. Recall Kwankwanso and Dankwambo couldn’t deliver their states for Atiku,” the source added.

http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/2023-rumble-in-pdp-as-wike-tambuwal-others-move-against-atiku-presidency/

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KEVIND:
The battle for the soul of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 presidential election has already began as the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, have launched political onslaught against the party’s presidential candidate in the 2019 election, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.
Pointblanknews.com gathered that Tambuwal and Wike who are planning to emerged as PDP’s presidential candidate and running mate respectively in 2023, have been scheming to ensure that Atiku does not win at the Supreme Court.
A party source told Pointblanknews.com that the two governors who are seeking to edge out Atiku as defacto leader of the party on account of his presidential candidacy status, are worried that if Atiku emerges the party candidate in 2023, their political career would be over.
It was further learnt that National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, who Wike singlehandedly installed has also ditched him for Atiku, who has since held firm to the reins of the party. The former vice president has been holding strategic meetings on the running of the party in far away Dubai, the recent of which was with the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party.
The source added that the recent outbursts by Wike against the leadership of the party is reflective of his frustration at his loss of grip on events in the party.
Wike backed Tambuwal’s ambition in 2019 to emerge the PDP presidential candidate which he eventually lost to Atiku at the primaries. But Wike and Tambuwal remained close.
However, Wike had congratulated Buhari after Atiku lost at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) in a move meant to spite the party over its failure to yield to his candidate for the House Minority Leader, Hon Kingsley Chinda. Hon Ndudi Elumelu had emerged minority leader against the party’s directive to PDP members to vote for Hon Chinda.
Miffed by the situation, the Rivers State governor had described a committee setup by the PDP BoT, comprising three former Senate presidents, to investigate the crisis arising from the House minority leadership tussle as corrupt.
Worried that Wike’s outbursts was getting out of hand, Tambuwal led five other PDP governors including Adamawa State Governor, Umaru Fintiri; Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom; and Zamfara State Governor, Mohammed Matawalle, to Port Harcourt to appease him.
However, the PDP source told Pointblanknews.com that the intrigues currently playing out in the party was a manifestation of Wike and Tambuwal’s move to wrest the party structure away from Atiku.
The source said, “Governors Tambuwal, Wike are leading some PDP leaders to work against Atiku’s Presidency because of 2023. They fear that an Atiku’s presidency will retire them politically and kill their presidential ambitions. Tambuwal wants to run for the 2023 Presidential Elections.
“He has Wike in mind as his running mate. The duo have been plotting to ensure that the Atiku is not successful at the court. Their calculation is that despite Atiku’s plan to run a single term, he might renege on that and do a two terms, which would put most of them out politically.
“On the other hand, Uche Secondus has fallen out with Wike because of his perceived loyalty to Atiku and others who returned back to PDP. Wike feel Secondus has not shown enough loyalty after he backed and bankrolled his emergence as chairman of the party.
“He has stopped Secondus’s wife contract in Rivers and also denied Secondus son a contract, something he effortlessly does when the going was good.”
Besides Wike and Tambuwal, the source also revealed that former governors of Kano and Gombe states, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Ibrahim Dankwambo are also plotting to upstage Atiku ahead of 2023.
“Kwankwaso and Dankwambo are also part of the plot against Atiku. Recall Kwankwanso and Dankwambo couldn’t deliver their states for Atiku,” the source added.

http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/2023-rumble-in-pdp-as-wike-tambuwal-others-move-against-atiku-presidency/

false news here.

Without being told, if Atiku or any northerner plans to run for president in 2023, PDP will be torn into shreds.

Same goes for APC.

PDP would only be stupid to field a northerner 2023 but in other news if you don't know the power is still going to stay in the north as APC go chop Tinubu eye

Story story!
Even Tambuwal wants to be president
We know people that will never be president of the FRN. I am surprised that Wike and Tambuwal don't know

Fake news

Nigerian rulers & chasing shadows. This is still 2019, same month an election just held and we are yet to settle down and these vultures are already scrambling for 2023.

What then happens to the electorates that voted for them & are expecting the supposed "dividends of democracy"?


I just pray they all won't get to be alive come this 2023. What a shithole country indeed...

2023 belongs to the South East. Wike and Tambuwal should contest for Senate and scheme for Senate president n deputy Senate president.

PassingShot:
Without being told, if Atiku or any northerner plans to run for president in 2023, PDP will be torn into shreds.

Same goes for APC.

Fear effects ... PDP will definitely field a Northernerr in 2023. How APC will respond will determine whether it will outlive their presidential primaries. I predict that APC will die after presidential primaries. If they field a Northerner, the Southwest will "secede" from the party. If they field a Southerner, APC will lose and go into extinction like ANPP and APGA. Only hope for APC to outlive 2023 is for Buhari to go for 3rd term, which is not possible.

An Atiku presidency is a pipe dream that will never happen. Those still clamoring for Atiku to run in 2023 are extremely greedy because selfish interest is their motivation. They are the real enemies of Nigeria.

The report the Wike is planning to contest as Tambuwal’s running mate is false. Wike is contesting for president in 2023 on the platform of PDP. All southern governors in PDP must together to stop any plan to give the party’s ticket to a northerner. The north has had their turn. 2023 belongs to the south.

seunmsg:
An Atiku presidency is a pipe dream that will never happen. Those still clamoring for Atiku to run in 2023 are extremely greedy because selfish interest is their motivation.

Well Atiku is the only northern politician that we may still vote for in the south in 2023 out of sympathy

kelvinginzie:


Well Atiku is the only northern politician that we may still vote for in the south in 2023 out of sympathy

The south will not vote Atiku for any reason. Never! We have capable hands in the south that can lead Nigeria to prosperity.

seunmsg:


The south will not vote Atiku for any reason. Never! We have capable hands in the south that can lead Nigeria to prosperity.

Who do you suggest?

kelvinginzie:


Who do you suggest?

There is Peter Obi, Wike, Umahi, Ekweremadu etc in PDP. In APC, we have Tinubu, Osinbajo, Fashola, Okorocha, Amaechi etc.

seunmsg:


There is Peter Obi, Wike, Umahi, Ekweremadu etc in PDP. In APC, we have Tinubu, Osinbajo, Fashola, Okorocha, Amaechi etc.

There are not interested in Running!!! Haba !! Is it by force to contest presidential elections.The PDP 2023 ticket will go to either of Tambuwal,Atiku or Kwankwaso

seunmsg:


There is Peter Obi, Wike, Umahi, Ekweremadu etc in PDP. In APC, we have Tinubu, Osinbajo, Fashola, Okorocha, Amaechi etc.

South South and South East stands no chance against South West

kelvinginzie:


South South and South East stands no chance against South West

What is important is for power to return to the south.

kelvinginzie:


South South and South East stands no chance against South West

Very good.That is why the SS/SE will not contest the 2023 presidential elections in either of APC or PDP

PaChukwudi44:


There are not interested in Running!!! Haba !! Is it by force to contest presidential elections.The PDP 2023 ticket will go to either of Tambuwal,Atiku or Kwankwaso

Ohaneze Ndigbo speaks for the entire Igbo race and not you. In the link below, they are clamoring for 2023 Igbo presidency.

https://www.nairaland.com/5448872/m.i-okpara-lecture-ends-clamor

seunmsg:


What is important is for power to return to the south.

We in the SS/SE are not interested in power returning to the South now.When we are ready we will let you know

PaChukwudi44:


We in the SS/SE are not interested in power returning to the South now.When we are ready we will let you know

https://www.nairaland.com/5448872/m.i-okpara-lecture-ends-clamor

Recognized Igbo leaders have spoken. You don’t speak for SS so, stop presenting your personal opinion as that of a region.

seunmsg:


Ohaneze Ndigbo speaks for the entire Igbo race and not you. In the link below, they are clamoring for 2023 Igbo presidency.

https://www.nairaland.com/5448872/m.i-okpara-lecture-ends-clamor

Dream on dude!!! The PDP presidential candidate in 2023 will be a core Northener.You can count on it.Ohaneze and PDP are different organisations and Ohaneze has no influence on igbos as you think

seunmsg:


https://www.nairaland.com/5448872/m.i-okpara-lecture-ends-clamor

Recognized Igbo leaders have spoken. Igbos also do not speak for SS.

Una never see anything yet.Shebi it is sophisticated politics you want? We will show you people sophisticated politics in 2023.You think Igbos and the people of the SS are fools baa?

PaChukwudi44:


Dream on dude!!! The PDP presidential candidate in 2023 will be a core Northener.You can count on it.Ohaneze and PDP are different organisations and Ohaneze has no influence on igbos as you think

You’re the dreamer my friend. You think you have some influence of 2023 PDP candidates like Umahi and Wike? . Who dash you influence?

Wait and see how Wike will deal ruthlessly with Atiku and other northerners you’re asslicking.

If Atiku is popular let him float a party under which he would contest.

PaChukwudi44:


Dream on dude!!! The PDP presidential candidate in 2023 will be a core Northener.You can count on it.Ohaneze and PDP are different organisations and Ohaneze has no influence on igbos as you think

Chukwudi suddenly in love with the North.

seunmsg:


You’re the dreamer my friend. You think you have some influence of 2023 PDP candidates like Umahi and Wike? . Who dash you influence?

Wait and see how Wike will deal ruthlessly with Atiku and other northerners you’re asslicking.

dude Wike is not a fool.He is not running for presidency.You Yorubas really think the rest of the south are fools baa.Come and become President in 2023.BTW You should be more concerned with the chances of a Yoruba man picking up an APC ticket in 2023.From the look of things the APC ticket is also going to the north

Commentor:


Chukwudi suddenly in love with the North.

Yesooo we are now playing sophisticated politics.Imagine the Likes of Seun who destroyed a southern presidency in 2015 because it was not a yoruba southerner is suddenly canvassing for southern presidency

PaChukwudi44:


Yesooo we are now playing sophisticated politics.Imagine the Likes of Seun who destroyed a southern presidency in 2015 because it was not a yoruba southerner is suddenly canvassing for southern presidency

Southwesterner?

Are you aware the number of parties in Nigeria?

this one, tortorri" me 10 times... .. .

seunmsg:


You’re the dreamer my friend. You think you have some influence of 2023 PDP candidates like Umahi and Wike? . Who dash you influence?

Wait and see how Wike will deal ruthlessly with Atiku and other northerners you’re asslicking.

You keep making a fool of yourself.Was Wike even able to stop Atiku's emergence in 2019? Has Wike ever announced his intention to run in 2023? Continue dreaming