Rikicin da ke gudana a cikin jam’iyyar Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ya kara tsanantana, saboda rikicin da ke tsakanin Ministan Babban Birnin Tarayya, Nyesom Wike, da Gwamnan Jihar Bauchi, Bala Mohammed. Rikicin ya fara ne tun da aka korar tsohon Shugaban Kasa na PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, kuma ya ci gaba da karara bayan Amb. Umar Damagum ya zama Shugaban Kasa na aiki.
Damagum da wasu mambobin Kwamitin Aiki na Kasa (NWC) sun goyi bayan Wike, suna samun amincewa don gudanar da taro mai zafi na PDP a Jihar Rivers, kuma sun mika taro na Kwamitin Zartaswa na Kasa daga ranar 26 ga Satumba zuwa 24 ga Oktoba. Wannan ya sa gwamnonin PDP suka fitar da sanarwa suna goyan bayan Gwamnan Jihar Rivers, Siminalayi Fubara, kuma suka nemi sake duba taro na kungiyar a jihar.
Wike ya yi barazanar ta’ar da gwamnonin PDP idan sun ci gaba da tsoma baki a harkokin jihar Rivers, amma Gwamnan Bauchi ya kira barazanar Wike a matsayin mara aikatawa. A ranar 5 ga Oktoba, gwamna Fubara ya gudanar da zaben kananan hukumomi a jihar, inda jam’iyyar Action Peoples Party ta lashe kujerun shugabancin kananan hukumomi 22 daga cikin 23.
Kwamitin Aiki na Kasa na PDP ya fitar da sanarwa a ranar Juma’a, inda ta sanar da hana aiki ga Sakataren Jama’ar ta Kasa, Debo Ologunagba, da Lauyan Jama’ar ta Kasa, Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN). An ce Ologunagba da Ajibade suna shugabancin kungiyar NWC wacce ke kawo kashin bayan Damagum wajen baiwa Wike ikon jam’iyyar, musamman kan harkokin jihar Rivers.
Bodi na Amincewa na PDP, karkashin jagorancin Senator Adolphus Wabara, ya kira ga mambobin NWC da su daina rikicin da ke gudana kuma su dawo kan hanyar zaman lafiya. Wabara ya ce Bodi na Amincewa suna da nufin kawo sulhu, hadin kai, da ci gaban jam’iyyar.