Rather than thaw, the crisis rocking the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deepened.
The National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, has said all those calling for his resignation “are children who were not around when the party was formed in 1998”.
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has given Ayu’s resignation as one of the conditions that has to be fulfilled to resolve the post-presidential primaries crisis rocking the opposition party.
Because Ayu is still in office, he has refused to work with the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Atiku defeated him for the ticket in May.
Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa Service, Ayu said those calling for his resignation were nowhere to be found “when we struggled to form the party”, adding that he was not bothered by the call for his resignation.
“I was voted as PDP Chairman for a four-year tenure and I’m yet to complete a year. Atiku’s victory doesn’t affect the Chairman’s position. I won my election based on our party’s constitution.”
“I didn’t commit any offence. I’m only reforming the party so I’m not bothered with all the noises. I know I’m doing my work and I didn’t steal any money so I see no reason for all these talks. When we started PDP, these children were not around. They are children who do not know why we formed the party. We will not allow any individual to destabilise our party,” he said.
