By Jubril Bada  & Sade Adewale

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Two Board of Trustees members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Otunba Omolade Oluwateru and Chief Segun Adegoke have said that they didn’t shun their party’s presidential campaign committee inauguration in the State last month but were engaged with other assignments.

Oluwateru, a former Deputy Governor in the state said he was at the former Deputy Governors’ conference held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state.

The former Nigeria Ambassador to Uganda who said he was not in Nyesom Wike’s camp pointed out that there was no point for him to shun the Inauguration.

“I’m very much with my party as a member of the Board of Trustees” he said

On his own, Chief Segun Adegoke said his absence was as a result of his health challenges and not that he shunned the party.

He said ” why I did not go for the inauguration was that I was a bit down on malaria and I called the state Chairman of our party and explained myself to him. For your information l attended the inauguration of the presidential campaign committee in Abuja as one of the selected delegates where we deliberated on so many things that will make the party a great one.

The PDP chieftain  pledged his full support for the party and by extension its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

“I am one hundred percent PDP man and i will support all candidates of the PDP in the state, local government and even the presidential candidate. I am an Atiku man,” Adegoke stressed.

He said the former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko didn’t attend the inauguration because of his loyalty to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.

“The former governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko did not go for the inauguration because he is not for us but for Wike. Wike said he did not support Atiku that is why we have two factions.

“Mimiko did not want Atiku to become the president of Nigeria but for me and my people we supported Atiku because we believe he is the best man that can do it,” he said.