BREAKING: Okowa Loses To Wike, As Rivers Gov. Emerges Running Mate To Atiku

The committee set up by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to pick Atiku Abubakar’s running mate has picked Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike.

Idoma Voice reports that Wike floored Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta state governor to emerged Atiku’s running mate.

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Oasis Magazine had reported early Tuesday that Atiku’s backers preferred and picked Governor Okowa, adding that the feedback from the committee was awaited.

Idoma Voice reoorts that Wike won by a whopping 16 votes while Okowa got only 3 votes.

Observers believe that Ifeanyi Okowa would have been the natural fit for the job, but the obstacle he has is that of his former godfather, James Ibori, who mounted a serious opposition and resistance to Atiku picking Okowa because his former political son, Okowa hijacked the PDP Delta State structure from him.