By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

A special team set up by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is presently working to end the rift between the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the G5 Governors led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.

Chairman and Director General of Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council in Anambra State, Senator Ben Obi and Prof Obiora Okonkwo respectively, disclosed this on Wednesday during a press conference in Awka to unveil the itinerary of Atiku ahead of his arrival in the state capital on Thursday, December 16 for a campaign rally.

While boasting that the state is going to deliver 90 percent of the votes to Atiku, Sen. Obi said: “It is a common thing for political parties to have crisis. That is not out of place, and we have a team that is working to resolve the crisis in the PDP.

“This is not something we want to make public, but let me tell you that the G5 Governors are also willing for peace, Wike (Rivers State Governor) has said so. We have a team that is working on that, and for now, we are not willing to make the outcome public, but we are working.

“Even in those states where those rift are going on, there are still campaigns going on, and the plan is to vote PDP from top to bottom. In Abia you have head of the five over five slogan, and all our governors are still campaigning for Atiku.

“In all their (G5 Governors’) demands, they have never said they have any problem with Atiku personally. It is not a matter that cannot be resolved.”

Speaking on the itinerary of the candidate in Anambra on Thursday, Okonkwo said the party is expecting big mobilisation, and that a number of activities have been lined up for him.

He said: “Arrival is by 10am. We will meet him at the airport and also move to the governor’s lodge, where the presidential candidate will meet and with Governor Chukwuma Soludo. From there he will have an interactive non-partisan meeting with the traditional rulers of Anambra State.

“He will commission the campaign office, and also interact with town union leaders, market leaders at Ekwunife Centre, before hitting the campaign arena.”

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