Wike Reacts Over Ayu’s Suspension From PDP On Anti-Party Activities

PDP Crisis: Atiku In Dilemma Over Wike’s Request To Remove Ayu

by Victor Ndubuisi
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There have been hints that Senator Iyorchia Ayu, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) national chairman, might not resign.

According to Anaedoonline.ng, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his allies presented a list of demands to PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in London last week that included Ayu’s resignation.

According to what was learned, even if Ayu resigns, the PDP constitution requires that another member of the same Northern area take his place.

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The party’s constitution stipulates that a national chairman’s replacement after his resignation must come from the same geopolitical region.

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Sources claim that Governor Wike’s requests, including this one, have put Atiku in a difficult situation.

The Wike Camp convinced Atiku to grant them permission to select Ayu’s successor from the South West Zone in exchange for their request that Ayu be given a dignified leave and included in the new PDP government when it is constituted in 2023.

An ex-member of the National Working Committee (NWC), speaking about the turmoil roiling the PDP, informed Newsmen that Ayu had reaffirmed his resolve not to resign.

The source said: “Atiku may consider Wike’s demands that Ayu should step down, but Ayu will resist the move for his resignation. He argues that he cannot assist Atiku and Okowa to become the presidential candidate and the running mate, and then they cannot stand by him.

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“He is insisting that he cannot be the sacrificial lamb.

‘’This is a dilemma for them. Ayu is insisting that Atiku and the PDP damn Wike on calls for his (Ayu’s) resignation, and if he does not resign at the end of the day, the Wike camp will take its next step as regards their political future.”

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In the meantime, an ally of Atiku’s informed Vanguard that supporters of the PDP presidential candidate had charged Wike with exaggerating his complaints.

But he added that Atiku might take Wike’s suggestion into consideration.

He said: “There are a lot of interests around the principal who do not accept Wike’s demands. These interests around Atiku feel that such request is not coming in good faith, and they believe that it is dangerous, risky, and dicey to tinker with the current formation of the party and the NWC just a few weeks to the general campaign.”

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Asked whether Atiku was disposed to Wike’s demands, the source said: “Anything that will make the party united is what he (Atiku) will go for, but on Wike’s request, I will say he (Atiku) is in a dilemma between those interests and what Wike is asking for.

“Let’s be honest with ourselves, what Wike is asking for is extreme because a lot of these candidates you are talking about, the Ayu executive brought them in, and you cannot now say you want to trade them off.”

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