Atiku Gasps For Breath As Wike Tightens The Noose

<h4>Atiku Gasps For Breath As Wike Tightens The Noose<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Rivers State Governor&comma; Nyesom Wike&comma; in a more clear move to liquidate Atiku Abubakar’s 2023 presidential project&comma; on Wednesday and with active support from Donald Duke&comma; cut the support supply lines to Atiku in Cross River State&comma; deflating the political machinery of Liyel Imoke&comma; a former PDP governor of the State who is reputed as Atiku’s lead supporter and placing the entire Cross River PDP in a situation more difficult to operate&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wike exhibited this when he hosted Peoples Democratic Party’s candidates for the State and National Assembly elections in Cross Rivers State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The delegation which include chairmen of the party in the various local government areas was led by the Cross River Governorship Candidate of the party&comma; Senator Sandy Onor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In his speech&comma; Onor said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Today is historic&period; Wike is a trail blazer for justice and equity&period; He speaks the truth fearlessly&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said the candidates were in Rivers to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;thank Wike for being a good friend when Governor Ben Ayade defected to the All Progressives Congress”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Wike has defended us and protected us from intimidation&period; He has made PDP a party to beat in Cross River&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is nothing that Wike is asking for that is personal&period; All he seeks for is justice&comma;” he noted&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Onor also announced that <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;channelstv&period;com&sol;">Wike donated 25 brand new buses for the campaigns in Cross River State<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This development has technically left Atiku in limbo in that part of south south&comma; given that all the party’s candidates&comma; who are the major grassroots mobilizers&comma; have switched loyalty to Wike&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It would be recalled that governor Wike and Atiku have been at logger heads since Atiku emerged the presidential flag bearer of PDP in the 2023 presidential election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Atiku’s emergence did not settle well with Wike&period; Series of meetings home and abroad have not assuage the Rivers governor who has vowed to teach Atiku the lesson of his life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;