Ahead of 2024 NEC: Wike, Atiku, Sambo meet at PDP caucus meeting

Two former Vice Presidents, Atiku Abubakar, and Namadi Sambo, together with the former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and other members of the Peoples Democratic Party National Caucus, are meeting behind closed doors.

The PDP National Caucus is a crucial assembly of party stakeholders that convenes before the National Executive Committee meeting and sets the tone for every major decision to be made at the NEC meeting.

They arrived at the 44th PDP National Caucus ongoing meeting at the Bauchi State Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, on Wednesday accompanied by their loyalists within the party.

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Also present in the meeting are the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed; Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Adolphus Wabara; PDP Acting National Chairman, Amb Umar Damagum; and former governor of Jigawa, Sule Lamido, among others.

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Former caretaker chairman of the party; Ahmed Makarfi; former Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, Abba Moro, Maina Waziri, Debo Ologunagba, Aminu Tambuwal, Udom Emmanuel, Seriake Dickson and Jonah Jang are among those attending the meeting.