Details Of Obasanjo’s Meeting With Obi, Wike Emerge

<p><strong>The details of the meeting between former president&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Olusegun Obasanjo<&sol;a>&comma; the presidential candidate of the Labour Party&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Peter Obi<&sol;a> and Rivers State Governor&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Nyesom Wike<&sol;a> have emerged&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The meeting had in attendance some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Those in the meeting include the Governor of Benue State&comma; Samuel Ortom&comma; Oyo State Governor&comma; Seyi Makinde and Abia State&comma; Okezie Ikpeazu&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Others present at the meeting include former Cross River State Governor&comma; Donald Duke and Senator Olaka Nwogu&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A source that spoke with Punch on the details of the meeting&comma; noted that Obasanjo met with Wike to seek his support for Obi in 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The source who spoke on a possibility of an Obi&sol;Wike alliance said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>Obasanjo is working on that&comma; but many of us &lpar;Wike’s camp&rpar; prefer Tinubu&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Tinubu has a political structure and base&period; Although Obi is &OpenCurlyQuote;Obidient’&comma; he doesn’t have a structure and base&period; Obi’s candidacy will only rub off on the PDP’s stronghold&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another close associate of Governor Wike noted that Obasanjo is supporting Obi based on the need for the South-East to produce the next president&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The source who spoke on the aim of the meeting said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>You know Obasanjo&semi; if he believes in something&comma; he works for it&period; His presence at the meeting was to convince Wike to support Obi&period; He believes the Labour Party’s presidential candidate is competent&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;