Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, has revisited the wrangling sparked by his preference for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to Nyeson Wike.
He says he did not take the decision without consultation, saying he picked Okowa out of the three the party recommended.
“I didn’t reject Wike, I picked who can deliver. Wike is brilliant and tenacious. Going by history, I picked an Igbo as running mate in 2007, in 2019. I still picked an Igbo as running mate for 2023.
“The committee that presented the three nominees was chaired by the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom. They recommended three people, so I picked one. People should be fair to me and state the facts,” Atiku said on Friday, while speaking on ‘Arise TV’.
He however expressed the hope that Wike will eventually understand his stand and work with him.
He said, “We are reaching out to Wike and we are talking with him and I believe very soon we will find a reconciliation. In fact, very soon, because we are talking to him.
“We are talking to his governor colleagues. I am very optimistic we are going to resolve our internal crisis and move on.”
