"Wike Is PDP's Poster Boy": Dele Momodu Reveals How Call for Southern Presidency Was Jeopardised
- Dele Momodu, the director of strategic communications of the PDP PCC, has said he has moved on after losing the party's presidential ticket
- The spokesperson of the Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign organisation also dismissed the claim that the north is dominating the leadership of the party
- According to Momodu, the crisis rocking the PDP started when Nyesom Wike of Rivers state lost his bid to become the vice presidential candidate of the party
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Dele Momodu, the spokesperson of the Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign council, has said he sees Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state as the poster boy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The veteran journalist also dismissed the claim that the north is dominating the party and has relegated the south to the position of vice president.
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Wike and four PDP governors, under the aegis the G5, have distanced themselves from the campaign of the party's presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, until the national chairman of the party, Iyochia Ayu, resigns in the name of justice and fairness.
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Ayu, who publicly said he would step down as national chairman of the PDP if a northerner emerged as the presidential candidate of the party, has refused to keep his word, which has fueled the crisis rocking the party.
Momodu said the brouhaha became heated when Wike failed in his bid to become the running mate of Atiku after the presidential primary.
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He said he has always admired Wike because he performed excellently well as the governor of Rivers state but noted that Wike should have moved on because the party is supreme.
According to Momodu, he also lost in the PDP presidential primary and has moved on, adding that the party has been fair to the southern bloc.
Momodu added that he fully supports the party's flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa.
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The former governor of Lagos state disclosed that Tinubu would defeat PDP's Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party's Peter Obi and NNPP's Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Fashola explained that Atiku, Kwankwaso and Obi were one when APC defeated PDP in 2019, asking how any of them would defeat the ruling party after being divided into three.
Source: Legit.ng