PDP Crisis: New Twist as Prominent Chieftains Make Bold Moves Against Atiku, Ayu
- Some members of Nigeria's main opposition party are not happy with the leadership of the party in recent days
- This is as the aggrieved National Working Committee members protest exclusion from presidential campaigns, noting they have been sidelined
- In the buildup of the forthcoming general elections, the members are seeking fairness and equal representation
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The crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems not to be ending soon, a few months before the 2023 elections.
This is as National Working Committee members opposed to the national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, have accused the leadership of the party of marginalising them in the ongoing presidential campaigns.
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A few weeks ago, some NWC members including the Deputy National Chairman (South), Taofeek Arapaja; returned millions of naira into the party’s coffers, questioning Ayu’s powers to approve funds above N10m cap.
While Arapaja returned the sum of N36m, the other five returned N28.8m each, citing a report in the media alleging they had been bribed by the national chairman to silence them on questions bordering on Ayu’s financial accountability.
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Although, the party in a statement absolved the former Senate President of any wrongdoing, noting that the disbursement of the controversial housing allowance passed through due process; the NWC members insisted that at no point were they part of a meeting where the issue was tabled for deliberations.
Also speaking, an NWC member who refunded his share of the housing allowance said he and five others who rejected the money had been branded “Wike’s people,” adding that they have been dumped by the National Chairman of the party.
Confiding in the newspaper, he said:
“Those of us who refunded money has been totally sidelined. They called us Wike’s people and they don’t want us to have anything to do with the campaigns."
PDP crisis: List of 4 governors who have reportedly teamed up Against Wike in defence of Atiku, Ayu
The internal crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have become messier as some governors have reportedly teamed up against Governor Nyesom Wike and his allies.
A report by The Nation indicates that the governors are telling Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, not to give in to the Wike camp's demand for Iyorchia Ayu's resignation as the party's national chairman.
They also went as far as threatening to dump Atiku's campaign if Wike and his allies had their way.
PDP crisis: Opposition party suspends famous southern bigwig
The immediate past deputy governor of Imo, Engr Gerald Irona, has been suspended by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oguta ward A.
Engr Irona's suspension was announced in a signed letter written by the ward's disciplinary committee on Wednesday, October 19.
The letter was written by the committee's chairman and secretary, Festival Adigwe, and Joe Amakwe.
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