How Northern Power Brokers Saved Secondus From Wike’s Coup
But for Northern power brokers in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who rallied behind Prince Uche Secondus, the party’s national chairman, the coup spearheaded by Governor Nyesom Wike to forcefully remove him from office last week would have succeeded, Daily Independent gathered. Credible sources informed Daily Independent that these northern powerbrokers were led by Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Senator Walid Jibrin, the chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT). Following the upheavals that trailed the resignation of seven members of the National Working Committee (NWC), which included the Deputy National Financial Secretary, the Deputy Legal Adviser,