The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, on Friday, denied recurring claims by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State that he collected N1bn from a presidential aspirant.
“ urged the national chairman as an eminent leader to give a firm assurance that he will resign his position after the 2023 elections. In the same vein, the BoT chairman has been authorised to offer apologies on behalf of all members who feel maligned or aggrieved by the public statements made by its members nationwide that has sharpened the current division in the party.
The meeting was attended by former Minister of Works, Tanimu Turaki; Shuaibu Oyedokun, Ibrahim Idris, Okwesilieze Nwodo, Esther Uduehi and Zainab Maina.The party has been enmeshed in internal rift since its presidential convention in May when Wike expressed dissatisfaction with the outcome. The crisis deepened when Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State was named the vice-presidential candidate of the party.
“You are a party that wants to take over the reins of governance in the country and you don’t have integrity. You are presenting a man, the chairman of the party, who has no integrity. For the country to understand, we should mean what we say.”The governor also condemned claims that the national chairman could remain in office until after the elections. He lamented, “Section 7 of the constitution of our party says all party and elective offices must be zoned.
He however reserved special praise for Odili, a former governor of Rivers State, calling him “a very reasonable father.”
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