As part of effort to address the protracted crisis bedeviling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the delegation of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the met with Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, on Friday.
The meeting was held behind closed door at the government house in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers state.
Mr. Kelvin Ebiri, media aide to Wike made this known in a statement.
The members of Atiku’s delegation were Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa state; Adamu Waziri, former minister of police affairs, and Eyitayo Jegede, former PDP governorship candidate in Ondo state.
Those on Wike’s team included Mohammed Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation; Donald Duke, former governor of Cross River; Olusegun Mimiko, former governor of Ondo state, and Ibrahim Dankwambo, former governor of Sokoto state.
Atiku constituted the delegation after a 14-member committee he earlier set up to interface with Wike’s team failed to meet.
Speaking after the meeting, Fintiri who led Abubakar’s delegation, said discussions have been opened to broker peace.
“We are aware that Nigerians are anxious and waiting for PDP to take over government in 2023,” he said.
“We have met as leaders, members of the same political family and we have opened the discussion, work is in progress and we will continue.
“At the end of the day, we will broker peace and we will unify the party and Nigerians.”
Also speaking, Mimiko, said reconciliation is in progress and the members of the committees will meet again for subsequent discussion.
“We have agreed that there is a need for us to enhance unity within our party. This is a reconciliation process, there are some issues out there which need further deliberation when the committees meet again,” he said.