Top Atiku's Ally Drops Bombshell, Reveals Why Ayu, Others Cannot Resign Despite Demands by Wike's Camp
- The demand by some members of Governor Nyesom Wike's camp over the removal of the national chairman of the PDP is eliciting reactions from leaders of the party
- Raymond Dokpesi said removing the PDP national chairman will be the most unwise thing to do, especially with the campaign season drawing near
- According to Dokpesi, the governor causing trouble for PDP was the major person who called for the removal of Uche Secondus, a former chairman of the party
Raymond Dokpesi, the chairman emeritus of Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi has said that the national chairman of and board of trustees chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot step down to appease some leaders within the party.
Daily Trust reports that Dokpesi noted that dissolving the current leadership within the party could create a constitutional crisis.
Speaking in Kano, the media mogul's remark is a sequel to demands made by members of the PDP within Governor Nyesom Wike's camp who called for the removal Iyirocha Ayu.
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Impact of removing party executives close to campaign kick-off
However, Dokpesi said removing key members of the PDP's executives would be the most unwise thing to do with the campaign period starting in less than a month.
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His words:
“In 2017 up to 2025, we are supposed to have a chairman of southern extraction. It wasn’t the North that complained in 2021 that they wanted to have the chairmanship.
“It was the southerners - the governors who are today the problem of the party, were the ones who demanded for rotation because they don’t want (Uche) Secondus (former chairman) to go to court and defeat them.The north protested based on the constitution, but that was ignored.”
Amid growing tension in PDP, Atiku makes appeal to Wike's supporters, other party members
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party had been urged to refrain from making comments that could jeopardise the efforts to unite the party.
The call was made to the party supporters by Atiku Abubakar, the PDP's 2023 presidential candidate on Thursday, August 25.
Atiku said that leaders within the PDP including Nyesom Wike and other governors are united toward working for the party's victory in the elections.
Sources reveal steps PDP plans to take against Governor Wike over prolonged rift with Atiku
There are plans by the Peoples Democratic Party to call the governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike bluff ahead of the 2023 general election.
Sources within the PDP said the prolonged rift between Wike and Atiku Abubakar is having a negative effect on the party.
According to the sources, the opposition party might have to go ahead with announcing its presidential campaign committee.
Source: Legit.ng
