2023: Wike Meets Jonah Jang, Useni Over PDP Crisis

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Wednesday met with the former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lt Gen Jeremiah Useni (rtd).

The Rivers governor met behind closed doors with the two PDP chieftains at the private residence of the retired General Useni in Jos, the state capital.

Naija News reports that Wike was in Plateau to resolve the crisis between Jang and Useni over the control of the party structure in the North Central state.

Earlier, Wike had attended the court session at the resumed trial of Jang alongside Yusuf Pam, an ex-cashier in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the State on alleged fraud charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The accused persons were first arraigned before Justice Daniel Longji in March 2018 on 17 counts bordering on criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of public funds but they had since pleaded not guilty to the charges.

However, following the retirement of Justice Longji in December 2019 after hearing the matter 34 times, the new court judge, Justice Christy Dabup took over.