National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, yesterday denied collecting one billion naira from a presidential candidate in Lagos
The party will hold a meeting of the National Executive Committee next week to resolve the issues within the party.
“When we came in and the party has funding difficulties the presidential candidate suggested that we should take a loan from the bank and the owner of that bank is a member of the party, he has even left the party. The party never took any loan from anybody. Any money advanced to the party was declared before the NWC and handed over to the National Treasurer. All our accounts are up to date and we promised to publish the accounts at the end of the year.
Meanwhile, reading their communique after their meeting, the acting BoT chairman said the BoT has asked Ayu to give strong assurances that he will resign after the 2023 general election. “To urge the National Chairman as an eminent leader to give a firm assurance that he would resign his position after the 2023 elections. In the same vein the BoT Chairman has been authorized to offer apologies on behalf of all members who feel malign or aggrieved by the public statements made by its members across the country that has sharpened the current division in the party.
Wike and his four colleagues, Seyi Makinde , Samuel Ortom , Okezie Ikpeazu and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi had alongside other party leaders distanced themselves from the party’s presidential campaign council. This is as he declared that the PDP remains a united political party, despite the crisis that has rocked the party since after its presidential primary election.
“There cannot be any comment about my allegation of him collecting N1billion. He cannot say anything. Look, I am the governor of Rivers state and I don’t just come out to speak.
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