By Idowu Bankole
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was noticed exchanging pleasantries with the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, on the burial of Governor Seriake Dickson’s mom in Bayelsa State, earlier at the moment
Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde who was additionally in Bayelsa to commiserate with Governor Seriake Dickson over the loss of life of his mom, was noticed sitting proper subsequent to Atiku.
Recall Peter Obi had defected from the PDP, a couple of months earlier than the Party’s major, to hitch the Labour Party the place he ultimately turned the Presidential candidate and got here third in the February 25th election.
More shocking to see, was Governor Seyi Makinde, a member of the G-5 Governors who labored in opposition to the ambition of Atiku in the simply concluded presidential election.
Seyi Makinde and the remainder of the G-5 Governors had demanded an influence shift to the South, a requirement which appears to have fallen on deaf ears, because it was met with stiff resistance by the management of the PDP.
Many believed the defection of Peter Obi to the Labour Party and Seyi Makinde’s G-5 membership dented Atiku’s ambition of changing into Nigeria’s president in 2023, way more than the failings of INEC’s BVAS
