Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that he accepts the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, but insists that the party’s national chairman, Iyorcha Ayu, must vacate his position.
Wike stated this when he hosted the Cross River State PDP governorship candidate and all state and national assembly candidates along with local government chairmen at his Port Harcourt residence.
He noted that efforts by stakeholders to resolve the contending issues were being frustrated by rent-seekers in the party.
The Governor while addressing his guests along with the South-South National Vice chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, accused elements he described as “hyenas and rent seekers” for being opposed to equity and fairness in the opposition party He said, “We’ve finished presidential primaries. We have a presidential candidate. Is Wike saying remove the presidential candidate? Is Wike saying remove the vice presidential candidate? So, what are you begging me for?
“All I am saying, will continue to say is you have taken president, give us national chairman. Nobody wants to speak the truth. If I am saying remove the presidential candidate, remove vice presidential candidate, then you will say why is he doing this.”
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“He (Ayu) said, if the presidential candidate comes from the north, he will resign, which means he has had this in mind. Now, the thing has come to reality, now resign, he says no. And people are saying go and talk to Wike.
“I’ve accepted the presidential candidate, accepted the vice presidential candidate, what’s the problem again. You, fulfil your part. Let the South have something, that is all I’m preaching. You cannot have presidential candidate, national chairman, director general of the campaign.”
“This is period the power game is being played. If you don’t have it now, forget it. If anybody tells you, let Ayu resign after election is conducted, then you are a foolish person. This is the time decision is being made.
“This is the time the presidential candidate, national chairman and the leader of campaign will sit, when election is won in February, before the president is sworn in, decisions would have been made.”
Source: Vanguard
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