Olabode George, a PDP chieftain, has encouraged Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, and Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate, to put their differences aside.
After Atiku won the party’s nomination for president in the presidential primaries, the PDP has been in a state of crisis.
After Atiku chose Delta state governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running partner, the schism inside the party grew wider.
After the selection, some party insiders voiced worry that Atiku failed to include Wike, who was allegedly recommended by a panel.
In an interview with Channels Tv on Wednesday, George discussed the current problem and said Atiku and Wike needed to realise that their goals couldn’t surpass the PDP’s dominance.
bode George said: “It is a major bother not only for me, it is a bother to a lot of the committed elders and members of the upper chamber of the party. It looks like some kind of devil has entered into the midst of our party.
“We have the capacity to resolve our crisis; we have enough experienced leaders, committed followers, who will sit and be able to resolve this crisis once and for all.
“Unfortunately we have a month and a week before we commence the campaign, my appeal now is that Governor Wike should cool down, presidential candidate Atiku should also cool down because none of their ambition should be bigger and higher than the ambition of our party. We are appealing to both of them.
“Because there is no organisation anywhere in the world that would not have crisis but the capacity and the ability to handle the resolution of such crisis would be a measure of how developed, reliable or respectable that organisation is.”
