PDP crisis: I met Wike five times without a solution - Atiku

People's Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar said on Sunday that he had met Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State five times in Abuja, Port Harcourt and London.

Speaking at the People's Town Hall meeting, Atiku said the meeting was aimed at resolving the crisis within the PDP.

He noted, however, that the meeting had no way forward.

According to Atiku: "I met Wike twice in Port Harcourt, twice in Abuja, once in London, personally. It's not from me; it's from the other side; I 'wait."

Wike is unhappy with PDP leaders after losing in the party's presidential primaries.

The Governor was initially aggrieved that Atiku snubbed him for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate.

Wike and his group, the G-5 Integrity Group, have also called for the resignation of Iyorchia Ayu as the party's national chairman.

They noted that the North should not produce the party's flag bearer and national chairman.

Wike and his group demanded that the position of national president be zoned to the southern part of the country.