PDP holds national caucus meeting; BoT chair resigns, Wabara in; Wike, others absent as Atiku meets presidential aspirants in Abuja

A meeting of the National caucus of the PDP with the Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal and others in attendance is currently underway at the Akwa Ibom State government lodge in Abuja.

It is expected that crucial decisions will be taken at the meeting ahead of Thursday’s national Executive council meeting.

Meanwhile, as a fallout the former senate President, Adolphus Wabara, has emerged the new Board of Trustees chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party.

His appointment followed the resignation of the former National PDP BoT Chairman, Walid Jibril, amid the crisis rocking the opposition party.

Jibril’s resignation and Wabara’s appointment were announced at the National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja.

The main opposition party is facing an internal crisis that threatens to tear the party apart and could affect its chance of winning votes at next year’s general election.

Also, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State was conspicuously absent on Wednesday when the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party met the 2023 presidential aspirants of the party at his Asokoro residence in Abuja.

Aside from Wike, also absent are former Senate Presidents Bukola Saraki and Pius Anyim as well as Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom State.

However, in attendance at the meeting were Dele Momodu, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, Tari Oliver, and Charles Ugwu.

Atiku commended them for accepting the outcome of the convention that produced him as the PDP flag bearer, and for not raising the dust.

He promised to work with all of them ahead of the 2023 general elections, adding that they have various roles to play in his victory at the polls.