Why Wike Shunned Osun PDP Governorship Rally

Details have emerged revealing why Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State was conspicuously missing from the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship rally.

Naija News reports that the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar; vice-presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State; former Senate President Bukola Saraki; Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State; and many others stormed Osun State to canvass support for Senator Ademola Adeleke, who is running for Governor on the party’s platform.

Wike, who has been at loggerheads with the party’s leadership since its presidential primary, alongside his allies like Governor Seyi Makinde, Governor Samuel Ortom, Ayo Fayose, and others, were missing.

A source has revealed that Wike may have been absent at the grand rally of the PDP due to his current foreign trip.

The source told Leadership that the Rivers State governor has not returned to the country after attending his son’s graduation in the United Kingdom (UK).

“You know that if Governor Wike is in Nigeria, everyone will know. But he is yet to return to the country after attending his son’s graduation ceremony in the UK last week,” the source said.

Also speaking on Wike’s absence, a former member of the House of Representatives, Ogbonna Nwuke, said Wike may have deliberately stayed away from the mega rally.

Nwuke said, “The truth is that you know that are issues in the PDP that have not been resolved. One can say clearly that Wike loves his party, but you don’t also expect him to be there when the coast is not clear.”