Embattled PDP National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu Berates Those Calling for His Resignation
- Senator Iyorchia Ayu has fired back at all those calling for his resignation as the PDP national chairman
- The Benue-born politician said his traducers are toddlers who were not there when he and others formed the PDP in 1998
- Ayu has been facing massive opposition within the party following Atiku Abubakar's emergence as presidential candidate
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FCT, Abuja - Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, has said all those calling for his resignation are children that were not around when the party was formed.
The camp of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has given Ayu’s resignation as one of the conditions that has to be fulfilled to resolve the post-presidential primaries crisis rocking the opposition party.
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Wike’s supporters have argued that it is unfair for the party’s chairman and its presidential flagbearer to hail from the same region.
Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa Service, Ayu said those calling for his resignation were nowhere to be found when they struggled to form the party.
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Ayu added that he was not bothered by the call for his resignation, saying:
“I was voted as PDP chairman for a four-year tenure and I’m yet to complete a year. Atiku’s victory doesn’t affect the Chairman’s position. I won my election based on our party’s constitution.
“I didn’t commit any offense I’m only reforming the party so I’m not bothered with all the noises. I know I’m doing my work and I didn’t steal any money so I see no reason for all these talks. When we started PDP, these children were not around.
“They are children who do not know why we formed the party. We will not allow any individual to destabilize our party.”
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Ayu had earlier declared that no individual leader can hijack the party.
ThisDay newspaper reports that the party chair was the PDP was built by leaders collectively and not by one.
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Meanwhile, the recent meeting between Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra state and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has sent jitters to the camp of the PDP.
This is coming days after Obi had a closed-door meeting with some PDP governors led by Wike in Port Harcourt.
It is feared that the meetings may affect the political fortunes of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar negatively.
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On his part, prominent Nigerian Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, says he feels pity for Nigeria’s next president.
In an article he wrote and seen by Legit.ng, Gumi said the next commander-in-chief has to act “quickly and carefully” when he assumes office.
The prominent cleric warned that if the country's next president treat terrorism with kid gloves, the insurgency will get worse.
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