Defection: Details of Peter Obi’s meeting with Wike emerge

<p><strong>The former Governor of Anambra state and presidential candidate of the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Labour Party<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Peter Obi<&sol;a> has revealed the reason for his visit to the Governor of Rivers State&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Nyesom Wike<&sol;a>&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng"><strong>Openlife&period;ng<&sol;strong><&sol;a> had earlier reported that Peter Obi&comma; met with Wike on Wednesday&comma; June 22&comma; in Port-Harcourt&comma; Rivers state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking about the visit&comma; Peter Obi via his verified Twitter page on Wednesday&comma; disclosed <strong>that he visited Port Harcourt to confer with the governor about vital issues of national interest&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15230" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Screenshot&lowbar;20220623-064925&lowbar;1-300x295&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"295" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two politicians were seen shaking hands in front of Governor Wike’s residence in pictures online&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wike was spotted in white&comma; while his guest&comma; Obi wore a blue senator material&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile Bauchi state Governor&comma; Bala Mohammed&comma; and the national vice chairman &lpar;South-South&rpar; of the Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar;&comma; Chief Dan Orbih&comma; met with Nyesom Wike&comma; at his private residence in Port Harcourt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The special assistant to the governor on media&comma; Kelvin Ebiri&comma; confirmed the meeting in Port Harcourt&period; He&comma; however&comma; did not state the reasons for the meeting which is holding behind closed-door&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;defection-wike-in-closed-door-meeting-with-peter-obi-photos&sol;">Defection&colon; Wike&comma; Peter Obi In Closed Door Meeting &lpar;PHOTOS&rpar;<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The meeting lasted for a few hours in the personal residence of the Rivers state capital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wike is widely rumoured to be plotting an exit from the Peoples Democratic Party&comma; PDP following his loss at the party primaries and not emerging the running mate to Atiku Abubakar&comma; the party’s 2023 presidential flag-bearer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;