2023 Presidential Election: Wike Finally Reveals Real Reason Atiku Lost to Tinubu

2023 Presidential Election: Wike Finally Reveals Real Reason Atiku Lost to Tinubu

  • The governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has finally revealed what led to Atiku Abubakar's major defeat in the just-concluded election
  • According to Wike, Atiku lost to APC's Bola Tinubu because he refused to heed the warnings of the PDP integrity group, G5
  • The PDP governor noted further that the zoning formula of the PDP led to the party's massive loss at the February 25, 2023, election

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has declared that the inability of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to win the presidential election was a direct consequence of ignoring the warnings of the integrity group, the G-5 governors of the PDP.

Governor Wike made this assertion while noting that the fate that befell the PDP could have been avoided if the party's national leadership had heeded the numerous appeals and demands for them to adopt the principle of equity, fairness and justice.

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Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu, APC, PDP, 2023 election, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state
Wike speaks on why Atiku failed to clinch the seat of the presidency. Photo credit: Atiku Abubakar, Gov Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON
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On Monday, March 7, while inaugurating a project in the state, Wike noted that the presidency has finally returned to the South, THE SUN Newspaper reported.

G5: Wike, PDP to know fate on planned suspension as Court fixes new date for judgement

Meanwhile, the Abuja division of the Federal High Court will on Friday, March 31, deliver judgment in a case by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to stop his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), from suspending or expelling him.

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Justice James Omotosho fixed the judgment date after the close of final submissions by counsel to parties in the case.

In his submissions, counsel to Wike, Joshua Musa (SAN), argued that his client’s fundamental right, the freedom of association, was being breached by the respondents' threat to suspend and subsequently expel him from the party.

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Election: More trouble for Okowa as Ibori’s men dump PDP’s Oborevwori endorse APC's Omo-Agege

Some bigwigs of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) under the aegis of Delta Unity Group (DUG) have done what many might tag as the unthinkable.

Ahead of the Saturday, March 11 election, the DUG has endorsed the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Ovie Omo-Agege.

The aggrieved PDP leaders and stakeholders said they had extracted a commitment from Omo-Agege to integrate the modernisation plan of the group into his EDGE agenda if elected.

Source: Legit.ng

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