Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike may have opted for a full scale battle with the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) and its Presidential candidate as he filed a lawsuit against Atiku Abubakar over the 2023 presidential ticket .
Wike ,whose recent outbursts were not suggesting that the governor is ready for any truce soon had been taunting his party on daily basis. over the party’s refusal to effect some chances bothering on lopsidedness its structure .
Mr Wike filed the lawsuit alongside another PDP member Michael Ekamon, according to filings entered before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. The applicants also joined the PDP, Governor Aminu Tambuwal and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the matter.
The parties were served on July 1, and a PDP official responded to the originating summons on August 5 in Abuja. The lawsuit could complicate the main opposition party’s drive and message leading to the 2023 general elections —
Mr Wike came second during the primary, scoring 237 votes to trail Mr Abubakar, who polled 371 votes from the total 767 votes cast at the convention ground in Abuja. The Rivers governor blamed his defeat on Mr Tambuwal’s decision to step down for Mr Abubakar at the last minute, describing the process as unfair — even though he did not argue that it violated the party’s standing rules.