PDP includes Wike, Ortom, others in governorship election campaign council

Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu (left), Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom at the Port Harcourt International Airport, on their arrival from London…

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has included the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and the ex-governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom in its governorship election campaign council.

Two other former governors, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State also made the list which was released in a statement signed by the PDP’s spokesperson, Debo Ologunagba, on Tuesday.

“The National Working Committee (NWC), of our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved the nomination of the following party stakeholders to serve in the National Campaign Councils for the forthcoming Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States,” Ologunagba stated.

“The Council shall be inaugurated on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. During the inauguration, Certificate of Return will be presented to the Guber Candidates in the 3 States.”

Wike whose name appeared in the list of ministerial nominees sent to the Senate by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration is one of the 122-member PDP National Campaign Council for Bayelsa State.

Taraba State Governor, Kefas Agbu heads the campaign council with three other governors, Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Sheriff Oborovewori (Delta) and Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers) as members.

Ortom is a member of the party’s campaign council for the governorship election coming up in Kogi State on November 11, 2023.

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State heads the party’s campaign council and is assisted by his Plateau State counterpart, Caleb Mutfwang while governors Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) and Ahmadu Finitri (Adamawa) are members of the council.

Ugwuanyi and Ikpazu will be campaigning for the PDP candidate in the Imo State governorship election which has Zamfara State governor Lawal Dauda as chairman.

Three other governors, Umo Bassey (Akwa Ibom), Godwin Obaseki (Edo), and Peter Mbah (Enugu) are the members who make up the council.

Wike, Ortom, Makinde, Ugwuanyi and Okezie Ikpeazu were among the aggrieved PDP governors who opposed the party’s candidate Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election.
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