10th National Leadership: Atiku & Wike In Fresh Battle For House Of Reps Minority Leadership

There are indications that the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the Governor of Rivers State, Nyensom Wike, are set to clash over the Minority Leader of the 10th House of Representatives.

Recall that Wike and Atiku had clashed ahead of the February presidential poll, leading four other governors under the aegis of G5-Governors to work against the presidential bid of Atiku.

Hot News gathered that Atiku and Wike are heading for a fresh showdown over the slot of the minority leadership of the 10th House of Representatives.

According to Leadership, Atiku and Wike support different aspirants among lawmakers-elect on the platform of the PDP to emerge as the leader of the minority caucus in the House of Representatives.

The duo are currently mobilising members of the lower legislative chamber on the platform of the PDP and other opposition parties to gain an advantage.

Two elected House members on the platform of PDP, Hon Oluwole Oke, who represent Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State, and his colleague from Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency of Rivers State, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, are presently in contention for the House’s minority leadership slot.

Atiku is backing Oke, who is the chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts of the 9th Assembly, while Wike has thrown his weight behind Chinda.

It would be recalled that Wike supported Chinda for the same job slot in the 9th Assembly, but he couldn’t clinch the job, as his principal was outwitted by colleagues led by the outgoing Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, who supported Hon Ndudi Elumelu from Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of Delta State, who eventually won the slot.