BREAKING: Governor Wike Emerges Atiku Abubakar’s Running Mate

By Simeon OSAJIE

Rivers State Governor Barr. Nyesom Wike has defeated his Delta State Counterpart Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to emerge the running mate to the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

Sources at the National Headquarters of the Party confirmed that the committee set up by the PDP to pick Atiku Abubakar’s running mate picked Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, over Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State.

Governor Wike won by a whopping 16 votes while Governor Ifeanyi Okowa got only got 3 votes.

The9jaTREND gathered that the committee voted against the choice of Governor Okowa following the pressure by his former Political father James Ibori, It was also gathered that Ibori mounted a serious opposition and resistance to Atiku picking Okowa because his former political son Okowa hijacked the Delta State PDP structure from the man (Ibori) who brought him into politics.