Barely one week after their return, Wike, Ortom head to UK again

Barely one week after their return to Nigeria, governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his allies, Samuel Ortom of Benue State and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State have returned to the United Kingdom.

During their initial trip, the governors had meetings with Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar as they tried to resolve the crisis rocking the party.

The governors also met briefly with Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi during that trip.

After jetting out on Friday, the three governors are expected to be joined by their Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde, who is currently on vacation abroad.

There were insinuations that the governors would meet with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, in London, but this could not be confirmed as the former Lagos State governor was still in Nigeria as of Friday night.

Confirming the governors’ travel, a source stated, “Governors Wike, Ikpeazu and Ortom have flown to the United Kingdom for another round of meetings and horse-trading for the 2023 elections, The PUNCH reports.