Wike Is A Joker, Can’t Make Me Quit As PDP Chairman – Ayu Fights Back

BY SEGUN ADEBAYO – The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyiocha Ayu says no amount of shenanigans and scheming by any group within the opposition party can force him to quit his office.

Pointedly referring to demands by the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike-led camp for his resignation as a prelude to peace within the party, Ayu said many of those championing the course were children when he and other chieftains laboured to form the PDP

He vowed to see out his four-year mandate, arguing the presidential candidacy of Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar does not in any way affect his position as the Party National Chairman.

In an interview on the Hausa service of BBC on Wednesday, Senator Ayu insisted that even if Atiku as the PDP’s presidential flag bearer were to be an indigene of Benue State, it would still not have justified the call for him to resign from the position.

“I stood for election and I won the election and I am fixing the party, I have not stolen anything, I have not committed any offence, we will not allow one person to come and spoil the party for us with frivolous calls and conditions.

“I was elected as PDP chairman for a four-year term and I am not up to one year. So the call for my resignation is uncalled for. The election of Abubakar Atiku as the PDP presidential candidate cannot affect my election as National Chairman, even if the candidate is from Benue state, I stood for election and I was voted for by Nigerians”, he submitted

On the conditions being pushed by Governor Wike’s camp in order to support Atiku for next year’s presidential elections, Ayu said: “All that he is doing does not affect me because I know I am fixing the party. I am doing my work diligently, I have not committed any offense. I have not stolen any money, so there is no reason for my resignation.”

Clearly expressing his anger at the ongoings within the party, the Benue-born politician declared; “When we started the PDP all those ones were children, they were not there. We will not allow one person to become a spoiler. This is our country, so all that is expected of us is to fix the country, provide security and dividends of democracy when we take over power in 2023.”