BREAKING: Wike Finally Discloses His Agreement With Atiku, Ayu, Says “This Fight We Will Fight It to the End”
- The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has revealed that he and PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar had a gentleman agreement that the national chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, will resign immediately after the primary since he won
- Wike noted that the resignation of the BoT chairman of the PDP, Walid Jibrin, will not stop his demand for the resignation of Ayu
- The governor, while rejecting the resignation of Jibrin, insisted that since the north has got the presidential ticket, they should not hold on to the position of the national chairman
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Ahoada, Rivers - Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers state, has said his agreement with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, is that the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, will resign.
Wike said the only reason he is fighting Ayu and Atiku is that they failed to honour the gentleman's agreement between the three of them, Channels Television reported.
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The governor revealed that the former vice president gave him his words in person that Ayu won the primary and that since he won the party’s primary in May, Ayu must vacate his position as chairman of the party.
Why did Wike reject PDP BoT chairman's resignation?
Wike also rejected the resignation of the BoT chairman of the PDP, Walid Jibrin, adding that his resignation would not stop his demand for the removal of Ayu.
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According to Wike, the issue at hand is that of justice and fairness, saying having produced the party's presidential candidate, the north should not also hold on to the party's chairmanship.
“This fight we will fight it to the end,” the governor spoke when he commissioned the Ahoada Campus of the Rivers State University in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state.
Wike was at the occasion alongside his ally, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State.
2023: PDP will lose presidential election, Wike vows as he declares war on Ayu
Legit.ng earlier reported that Nyeson Wike, the governor of Rivers state, has said that the national chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, would make the party lose in 2023 because of his arrogance
Wike, while reacting to a statement credited to Ayu that those calling for his resignation are children, reminded Ayu that those children actually brought him from the gutter
The governor maintained that Ayu valued the chairmanship position more than winning the 2023 general election
Source: Legit.ng
