Atiku told me PDP Natl Chairman Ayu must go, rejects Walid Jibril’s resignation – Wike

Ilesanmi AdekanbiSeptember 8, 2022

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday insisted that the National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu must step down for peace to reign.

Wike said the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, told him in person when he won the May primary that Ayu must vacate his position as party chairman.

The governor said the resignation of Walid Jibril as the Board of Trustees chairman won’t stop his demand for Ayu’s removal.

According to Mr Wike, the issue at hand is that of justice and fairness, saying having produced the presidential candidate of the party, the north should not also hold on to the chairmanship of the party.

“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.

Meanwhile, a former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, has been named acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party, following the resignation of Walid Jibrin at the ongoing Board of Trustees meeting in Abuja.

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