PDP Reveals Next Step as Court Bars Iyorchia Ayu from Parading as Party Chairman
- PDP has reacted to the court order stopping its national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, from parading as the party leader
- Debo Ologuagba, the spokesperson of the party, disclosed that the party would obey the ruling as soon as it receives its copy of the court order
- Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the PDP PCC, Charles Aniagwu, blames Governor Wike of Rivers state for the crisis rocking the party in Benue
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FCT, Abuja - Debo Ologunagba, the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the party would consider and act on the court order that barred its national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, from parading himself as the supreme leader of the party.
On Monday, March 27, a high court in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, barred Ayu from serving as the national chairman of the PDP following a suit filed by Terhide Utaan, The Punch reported.
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What PDP will do as court bars Iyorchia Ayu from parading as national chairman
Reacting to the ruling, the largest opposition revealed that the party would respond appropriately as soon as it gets the court order on the verdict.
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His said:
"When we get the details of the court order, the National Working Committee of the party will consider it, and we will make our decision known to Nigerians.”
Atiku's campaign spokesperson blames Wike for PDP crisis in Benue state
On his part, the spokesperson of the PDP presidential campaign council, Charles Aniagwu, said the court injunction is an unfortunate development.
He then blamed Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state for the crisis rocking the party in Benue state, noting that those God put in the limelight through the platform of the PDP have sat on the seat of the eminent and forgotten.
The PDP chieftain maintained that Governor Wike is writing his history, and with time, the history would not be favourable to him.
He added that the governor and his G5 group members are destroying the party because they believe they are in power today.
Atiku, Ayu, jeopardised PDP's chances, says Wike
Legit.ng earlier reported that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has alleged that Atiku Abubakar would still not have stepped down if the party zoned its presidential ticket to the southeast.
Wike lamented that Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP's national chairman, jeopardised the idea of zoning.
According to Wike, Ayu constituted a zoning committee, and in the next 24 hours, he announced the presidential ticket being opened to everybody, and that was how the whole crisis started in PDP.
Source: Legit.ng
