{"id":27866,"date":"2024-04-18T08:47:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T08:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=27866"},"modified":"2024-04-18T08:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T08:47:46","slug":"atiku-and-wike-attend-pdp-caucus-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/04\/18\/atiku-and-wike-attend-pdp-caucus-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku and Wike Attend PDP Caucus Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-rsqgs-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-rsqgs-1n7m0yu\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-9\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-25\">\n<div class=\"px-4 py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 text-base mx-auto gap-3 juice:gap-4 juice:md:gap-6 md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem]\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"54719a05-9488-4f00-b153-1ddfb852e976\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), were among the attendees at the national caucus meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting took place at the Bauchi governor\u2019s lodge in the Asokoro district of Abuja, the nation\u2019s capital, marking the first public encounter between Atiku and Wike since the PDP&#8217;s 2023 presidential primary election.<\/p>\n<p>In the highly contested primary election, Atiku emerged victorious over Wike, securing the party&#8217;s presidential ticket. This encounter marked their first public meeting since then.<\/p>\n<p>Following Atiku\u2019s win, a group of five governors, known as the G5, called for the resignation of Iyorchia Ayu, who was then the national chairman of the party. However, Ayu refused to step down from his position.<\/p>\n<p>Wike and his allies within the G5\u2014Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), and Seyi Makinde (Oyo)\u2014later emerged as a significant opposition force to Atiku during the 2023 presidential election. Their influence was believed to have contributed to the PDP&#8217;s defeat in the elections.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the rift within the party has persisted, leading to a prolonged crisis. The attendance of both Atiku and Wike at the PDP caucus meeting signals an attempt at reconciliation and unity within the party amid ongoing internal challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), were among the attendees at the national caucus meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held on Wednesday. The meeting took place at the Bauchi governor\u2019s lodge in the Asokoro district of Abuja, the nation\u2019s capital, marking the first public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":27869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[224],"class_list":["post-27866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-pdp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27866"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27879,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27866\/revisions\/27879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}