Some presidency officials are said to be disturbed over the visit of some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike and Akwa Ibom state governor, Udom Emmanuel, who are of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Nation reports that the APC governors, who visited their PDP counterpart, are: Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (Sokoto) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi).
The governors also jointly hosted Wike in Sokoto, an action that sent disquiet among APC members who are interpreting the visits as a major political plan was on.
Some APC leaders were even more surprised that that Tambuwal and Bagudu visited Wike before the last legislative election rerun in Rivers state, spending a day with him.
The two governors teamed up with Yari, who is also the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), to spend Christmas in Akwa Ibom.
Governor Wike also reciprocated the visits last weekend when he went to Sokoto where he said at the Sultan’s palace that Niger Delta would not be part of any move to dismember Nigeria.
A source, who asked not to be named, spoke of the unease in the APC on the shuttles by Tambuwal and others to Rivers and Akwa Ibom states
He said: “Some of our leaders are uncomfortable with snippets from these trips."
“The timing of the first visit to Rivers State made some of our leaders to be suspicious. It was like paying a solidarity visit to Wike ahead of the Rivers State rerun elections.
“Some leaders have been suspecting that the three governors might be the arrowheads of a political realignment in the country.”
According to reports, the visits are causing suspicion because of the talks of a new party ahead of the next general elections, though, the direction and planners of the mega party remain unknown.
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