End Your ‘Comedy Of Errors’ – VON DG, Okechukwu Tells Atiku, Ayu
Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has described the opposition to zoning by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the Party’s National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu as a comedy of errors.
This is as he said the unholy alliance between both of them that deliberately breaches the agreement on power rotation between the North and South not only contravenes the PDP constitution but also offends the spirit of equity and justice
The APC chieftain said in a statement that “What Ayu succeeded in doing by retaining the imbalance between the North and South in the PDP and arrogantly refusing to step down from his party’s high horse chairmanship, is simply to wilfully coronate Atiku, as Nigeria’s 2023 version of His Excellency Raila Odinga.
“You will note that after all, both Atiku and Raila share a lot in common – former Vice presidents, and serial presidential candidates. Indeed, Ayu has by his nepotism given us the impetus to, from henceforth, with no harm meant, address Nigeria’s former vice president as His Excellency Atiku Odinga.”
The VON boss said with high expectations, most patriotic Nigerians were hoping that the 79th PDP National Executive Council will be sensitive in taking a profound decision to redress the North-South gulf in the opposition party by appeasing the Southern bloc with the chairmanship position for the feeling of betrayal to go away.
According to him; “But, having superimposed nepotism and arrogantly breached PDP Constitution; Ayu and Atiku rather propelled the tokenism of swapping the ceremonial BOT chairmanship, which was akin to telling a child at a village ceremony that since plates to serve rice have finished, he should open his palms to collect his portion.”
The APC stalwart said PDP has finally convinced Nigerians that it is neither prepared nor interested in building a harmonious, united and progressive country, adding; “Atiku and Ayu have regrettably painted PDP in an opaque colour of party of share the money, stomach infrastructure, and rent-seekers; by placing their personal interests above national unity.”
