Governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 17 states on Tuesday had a closed-door meeting with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
It was gathered that the meeting held at his private residence in Rumueprikon, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state.
The visit by the candidates from Jigawa, Kastina, Sokoto, Kaduna and 13 others was in connection with the crisis rocking the party at the national level.
Also, it was gathered that the visit was intended to resolve the differences between Governor Wike and the Presidential Candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, as well as other aggrieved PDP leaders.
A source said that the governorship candidates arrived Port Harcourt at about 8pm Tuesday evening and proceeded to the venue of the meeting.
As at the time of filing this report, the candidates were yet to reveal the outcome of the meeting.
