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Accuses Ayu of compromising party's presidential primary. By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURT. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his team in the ...

If we want to restructure Nigeria, we should have the courage to restructure our party”. “Here was a referee, who helped one of his sides to score a goal and then blew the whistle. George said: “We resolve that we are deeply concerned by the division in our party. We are aware that over the years our party has developed conflict resolution mechanisms that guarantee inclusiveness. This call for the chairman to step down or resign is not because any of us is aggrieved but because we believe it is important to ensure a just, fair, principled and constitutional structure for the party. The pertinent issue remains the resolution of the leadership which is a departure of “Senator Iyorchia Ayu must resign as the National Chairman of the party for an acting Chairman of the Southern Nigerian extraction to emerge and lead the party on the national campaign.

The only way forward for the Wike group is to come out of the shadows and support Asiwaju for the presidential campaign and get their supporters to vote for ...

Each and every one of them has been marked for destruction and humiliation by the new leaders of their party. They took everything from the Wike group, including their self-respect and dignity. Good journalism costs a lot of money. It is a matter of honour. They know nothing else. The only way forward for the Wike group is to come out of the shadows and support Asiwaju for the presidential campaign and get their supporters to vote for his candidacy.

Following the lingering crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor Nyesom Wike's team has reportedly pulled out of the campaign Council of.

Recall that Wike’s loyalists in the main opposition party had demanded the resignation of Ayu as the only condition to restore normalcy in the party. on Wednesday. In a communique read by a chieftain of the PDP, Olabode George in the meeting at the village home of Governor Wike, it was resolved that unless Ayu resigns his position as the national chairman of the party for an Acting southern chairman, the team would never participate in the campaigns.

Rivers state Govnor Nyesom Wike and im team don pull out of di Peoples Democratic Party PDP Presidential campaign council.

“Di pipo wey dey run (di party) as e dey today na di presidential candidate and di chairman of di party. "Di issue of Atiku election no apply to di position of party leader. Una no fit take di two major positions of a party. Wen im meet di caucus of di Senate, im tell dem so.” Dem be pikin wey no sabi why we establish dis party. Una don take di candidate of di party. Im say becos wen a candidate come from di north, di chairman go come from di south, and wetin I dey tok na, implement wetin you tell me. We contest di election very well and we no dey ashamed,” “Di candidate na from di north, di chairman too from di north. E dey over and e dey over. “I challenge di presidential candidate to deny dis one. “Some of una no know wetin dey happen.

The Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike and his team have pulled out from the campaign team of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of t.

“We resolved not to participate in the campaign council in whatever capacity until the resignation of Dr Iyorchia Ayu.” Reading out the communique after the meeting in Port Harcourt, capital city of Rivers, Bode George, PDP chieftain, said the campaign council list released by the party which has the name of Wike is “putting the cart before horse”. The Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike and his team have pulled out from the campaign team of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the

The camp of Governor Nyesom Wike insists Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, worked for the emergence of Atiku Abubakar. The.

“For Ayu to go and embrace Tambuwal, calling him the hero of the convention, means there was a private arrangement with Tambuwal to shortchange other contestants, including Governor Wike After a meeting early Wednesday morning, the Wike camp said Ayu exposed himself through the comment he made after Atiku was declared the winner. Atiku: Calling Tambuwal hero after PDP primary exposed Ayu – Wike camp

The group warned the party's presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to be wary of the ill and reactionary advice that could cost the party victory at the ...

We call for immediate restoration of sanity, confidence, inclusiveness, and oneness in the Party as a stitch in time saves nine.” Ayu in his own wisdom, genuinely chose and believed in the emergence of a Northern Presidential Candidate for the PDP and went further to acknowledge Gov Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as the ‘Hero of Democracy’ following his withdrawal from the Presidential race to pave way for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the party’s national convention, it is our take, that Dr Ayu should indeed go further to logically and wisely conclude the process that would guarantee the emergence of Atiku as the next president of Nigeria by making other possible sacrifices necessary to achieve that goal. They further said, “We will not forget to Admonish our candidate, the next president of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to be wary of the ill and reactionary advice of traditional moles, who are insistent on offering opinions capable of jeopardizing the chance God has opened for the PDP in the emerging dispensation.

A group within the PDP, Southwest Forum of PDP Stakeholders for Justice, has affirmed support for Oyo State governor, Engr Seyi Makinde.

- Ayu: PDP Southwest Forum reiterates support for Makinde, Wike, others The group made this declaration on Wednesday in a statement jointly signed by Hon. Ayu: PDP Southwest Forum reiterates support for Makinde, Wike, others

By Femi Fani-Kayode. Honestly, my sympathies, heart and pity go out to the Wike group. They are being treated like filth by their own party.

Each and every one of them has been marked for destruction and humiliation by the new leaders of their party. It is a matter of honor. They took everything from them including their self-respect and dignity. They know nothing else. It is a party that begins and ends in the North and every Southerner and Middle Belter that is still there is nothing but a quisling and a stooge. It is a party that does not believe in or understand the importance of building bridges of peace, love and understanding between the North and the South and ensuring fairness, justice and equity for all.

The name 'Wike' has sent the tongues of political observers wagging since the PDP presidential primaries. For obvious reasons, he has been the cynosure of.

Since the return to democracy in 1999, there has been a tradition of power rotation between the North and South in the PDP. After efforts to halt the re-election of Jonathan failed, he decamped to the APC and joined forces with Buhari and Tinubu. In 2017, he decamped back to the PDP, won the presidential primary in 2018 and contested the 2019 presidential election. In 2007, he decamped to the Action Congress and contested. He bankrolled the party activities, controlled the structures and did everything within the confines of his power to keep the party afloat. In 2015, Atiku, while in APC claimed it was the turn of the north to rule. After a rift with the leader of ACN, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, he decamped back to the PDP in 2009. In 1992, he contested under SDP and lost the primary to MKO Abiola. It is very unfair to Wike and other southern presidential aspirants of the party because the north has ruled for eight years and there should be a power rotation to the south. In a fit of pique, he made a sudden turn and reneged on his vow. As a party chairman and an umpire of the election, it was highly undemocratic to do so. This will unite the party and further strengthen its shanks to contest with candidates of other parties.

•Presidential candidate sues for peace, seeks collaboration, declares decision to resign is Ayu's. •Unbothered chairman says party is ideas, development- ...

They are here as fathers, as leaders and as conscience of the party, to discuss with us. We have met, we have made our positions known severally, that we are not happy with the way the leadership of the party at the national level is managing the party. “I urge you to take the high road of truth and issues. Every single person, who loves this country, as I do, is needed for the arduous tasks that face us ahead as a nation, and this includes every member of the PDP. “And it is my fervent hope and prayer that every man and woman of goodwill will join hands with us to help rebuild and reposition our beloved country. “Now, our nation is currently in the throes of a multidimensional crisis encompassing insecurity, economic meltdown, disunity and mutual mistrust and educational dislocations, to mention a few. “As to the calls for the removal of Dr. In any event, you will all recall that the very body that is empowered by law to initiate this removal from office, has already passed a vote of confidence in him. Ayu is to be removed from office, it must be done in accordance with the laws that set out the basis for such removal. If we want to restructure Nigeria, we should have the courage to restructure our party.” “Here was a referee, who helped one of his sides to score a goal and then blew the whistle. Consequently, we resolve not to participate in the campaign council in whatever capacity until the resignation of Dr.

Jonah Jang, has lent his voice to the call for National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, to step down and give room to equity and ...

This is not what we formed the PDP to do for Nigerians and therefore we unequivocally ask that Ayu has to step down.” This is not what we formed the PDP to do for Nigerians and therefore we unequivocally ask that Ayu has to step down.” – Jang “Here was a referee who now helped one of the sides to score a goal and then blew a whistle that a goal had been scored.

Dele Momodu, a former presidential aspirant with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, and his allies leaving the party ...

But honestly, this my opinion, it will be political suicide. “If their decision is to throw their support behind a candidate of another party, it is fine. “I want to publicly appeal to them again.

They are being treated like filth by their own party. They literally had no choice but to pull out of the Atiku campaign. Yet I saw all this coming long ago.

Each and every one of them has been marked for destruction and humiliation by the new leaders of their party. It is a matter of honor. They took everything from them including their self-respect and dignity. It is a party that does nothing but insult and seek to marginalise and destroy its perceived detractors and enemies and putting Nigeria in its hands would mean the end of our country within a matter of months. It is a party that begins and ends in the North and every Southerner and Middle Belter that is still there is nothing but a quisling and a stooge. It is a party that does not believe in or understand the importance of building bridges of peace, love and understanding between the North and the South and ensuring fairness, justice and equity for all.

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that he will not leave the Peoples Democratic Party for any reason.

we have not only provided infrastructure, we have also defended the interest of Rivers State,” he stated In his response, State Chairman of the PDP, Amb. “They are telling you they told the chairman of the BOT to resign. He said, “You have taken presidential candidate, you have taken party chairman, you have also taken the D.G (director general) of the campaign. But you cannot put pressure on the chairman to resign. Now, there is a fight in the party, we will not run.

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike says contrary to some expectations, he and his loyalists in Rivers State will not leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ...

Governor Wike wondered why the PDP which is promising to unify Nigeria, cannot unite the party. Meanwhile, the Chairman of the PDP in Rivers State, Ambassador Desmond Akawor, says members of the party in the State are committed to supporting the political ideals of Governor Wike and will obey his instructions on the next line of actions ahead of the elections. He said retreating from a fight is a sign of weakness.

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has said his group will neither leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nor drop its demand in the party.

In his response, State Chairman of the PDP, Amb. “They are telling you they told the chairman of the BOT to resign. we have not only provided infrastructure, we have also defended the interest of Rivers State.” He said: “You have taken presidential candidate, you have taken party chairman, you have also taken the D.G (director general) of the campaign. But you cannot put pressure on the chairman to resign. We are taking all because Rivers people are happy with what we have done in this state. Click Here To See My Breakthrough!](https://bit.ly/3eeJ1de) Now, there is a fight in the party, we will not run. We will fight it in this party. Decisions are made by the presidential candidate , chairman of the party and the D.G of the campaign. We will do the fight in the party. We are not like them, when in 2014 they walked out from Eagle Square.

Chief Sam Nkire, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, on Wednesday described Governor Nyesom Wike's battle with the Peoples Democratic Party as a.

He is of the conviction that various other social challenges facing the country would soon be addressed squarely and that Nigerians would prove the APC right and pass a vote of confidence on it when they re-elect the ruling party in the 2023 general election to restore the country to its past glory of its founding fathers. The APC chieftain observed that the lingering crisis between the two warring forces in the PDP was sad and regrettable, believing that the ruling party expected a real battle with the PDP and not to be handed the belt without a fight. He noted that for the PDP to zone the presidency back to the North after President Buhari’s tenure amounted to disrespecting the constitution of Nigeria, members of the PDP from the South and the people of Nigeria in general.

Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has reacted to the decision of some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains to pull out of the 2023 campaign. Recall.

He is easily the best governor in Nigeria in terms of performance and delivery of the dividends of democracy to his people and to Nigeria. He travelled to London to engage directly with governor Wike and his friends and his supporters and that is the right thing to do. “So for me, we must continue to engage in dialogue that is the whole basis of democracy. “It is months after the presidential primary, people are still angry, people are still aggrieved, which is very unfortunate. And it is important to know something, is it possible for Atiku to unilaterally remove Dr. We will continue to appeal to aggrieved members of the party.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is likely to lay the matter of the presidential candidate his camp would support in the February.

“We have engaged with them and I believe that what they are likely to come up with will be a solution to the problem we have. Reacting to claims that the removal of Ayu must follow the constitution of the party, the governor said, “some things are lawful but not all things are expedient. He disclosed that BoT would meet with Atiku, Okowa, Ayu and Wike in the coming days. I believe somebody like me if I know, even as lawful as that thing may be, if it is expedient for the sake of peace and for us to move, I think I can take certain actions.” The same way Wike’s camp kept the party and made it attractive, will be the same way it would be buried and rebuilt after the 2023 elections. When Atiku left PDP in 2014, it was people like Wike, Peter Obi, Ayo Fayose that remained in the party to ensure it survives. “By Friday, everything would be out in the open and the plans would be fully activated. An insider in Rivers PDP told Daily Sun that those within Wike’s camp argued that in 2014/2015, Atiku was one of those who spearheaded the breakup of the party under former president, Dr. Wike and his loyalists, had after a meeting on Tuesday night at his private residence in Port Harcourt, announced withdrawal from the Atiku Abubakar’s Presidential Campaign Council, while insisting that the national chairman, Iyorcha Ayu, must resign for a southerner to take over his position. This is believed to be one of the decisions taken when he met with stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) across the 319 wards of the state at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Port Harcourt, yesterday. He also said despite the internal crisis at the national level, the party would retain all elective positions in the state. Wike, however, said contrary to speculations, he and his loyalists in Rivers State would not leave the PDP but remain to continue the fight for internal democracy, insisting that retreating from a fight was a sign of weakness.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is expected to speak on some wrongdoings and expose some 'bad characters' in the Peoples Democratic Party today (Friday) ...

The rift between Wike and the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, came to the fore after the presidential primary in Abuja following the scenario that played out. Speaking at the party stakeholders meeting, Wike vowed to remain in the PDP to fight for its unity, inclusiveness and equity. Wike had hinted on this while addressing a meeting of the state PDP stakeholders he convened in Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has insisted that the National Chairmanship of the People's Democratic Party, PDP must be zoned to the South.

You must show that you have the capacity to bring everybody together. I will stay in the PDP to fight for the right. Now they are falling back to the constitution.

Governor Nyesom Wike has said that with the crisis rocking the People Democratic Party at the moment, the PDP is only telling Nigerians not to trust them ...

“Even in that meeting, we told him to bring your lawyer, we will bring our lawyer let us sit down and work it out, but he never told us (no). “We sat there and he (Atiku) agreed with us that Ayu has to go what was remaining, he said we should give him one week… If the presidential candidate respects us, what stops him from calling us and saying, ‘look, I have gone to look at this thing and the constitutional issues’?

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, revealed that the All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, wooed him to join the ...

The reports were, however, debunked by the former Lagos State governor’s media aide, Tunde Rahman, who described them as “fake news”. Why won’t they (opposition parties) talk to me? But I have not accepted any of the offers presented by those parties,” the governor added.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Friday disclosed that the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu wooed him to run for ...

“There’s nothing Ayu did not do for me not to emerge as the PDP candidate. Ayu did everything to manipulate the system to ensure that all the numbers did not add up,” he said. He alleged that Tinubu accosted him amid the PDP crisis and wooed him to go for the senate, but he rejected the offer.

Charles Aniagwu, spokesman of the PDP presidential campaign council, says Nyesom Wike rejected zoning of PDP governorship ticket in Rivers in 2015.

In one meeting, you will sit down you will balkanise your constitution, you will rape your constitution and you want to be the doctor to perform a surgery.” “The NEC of the party met and said they had examined these issues and Ayu says if the party asks me to go in the NEC I will go. Are you using Buhari of APC to zone in PDP when we are operating different constitutions?

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has claimed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, offered him.

According to Wike, he contested the presidential primaries because he wanted to be the candidate, so he didn’t buy a senatorial form. “I didn’t contest so I can become a vice presidential candidate. The governor arranged the chat in a bid to address the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party.

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, opened up on events that led to the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the Peoples Democratic Presidential ...

Some of the meetings were held in their houses. “Some of the retired generals were involved. Pressures were being mounted on people to step down.

Mr Wike alleged that the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, told some of the party presidential aspirants he would resign his office...

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Mr Wike’s group is demanding the resignation of the national chairman to achieve a “regional balance” since Messrs Ayu and Atiku are both from the north but Mr Ayu has insisted he was elected for a four-year term. Mr Wike said his only regret for not winning the primary is that he would not have “the opportunity to fight bandits and oil theft”. [withdrawal](https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/533215-pdp-convention-tambuwal-withdraws-from-race-endorses-atiku.html) from the presidential race and urged his supporters to vote for Mr Atiku. The governor said the “thunderous ovation that greeted his speech” at the national convention became a problem to Mr Ayu and other members of the party. He said Mr Ayu was calling aspirants on the phone to withdraw from the race for Mr Atiku, and that he even threatened to resign his office if he (Wike) wins the primary.

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), received N1 billion from one of the ...

Let him deny it, I will tell him who gave him the money not from the Lagos state government, the money was given to him in Lagos. Will he deny the fact that he didn’t ccollect N1 billion from Lagos? Ayu has the opportunity to challenge me, I will name,” he said.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has dared the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to suspend him. Wike during a live media parley on ...

“I dare them today, the NEC, and say this person is now suspended from the party. I am not saying that I am bigger than the party, but nobody can suspend me from the party. While responding to a question about his anti-party activities, Wike said, “Who will suspend me?

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, threatened to resign from his ...

“There was nothing Ayu didn’t do. Wike made this allegation on Friday while speaking on the crisis in the party and his group’s call on Ayu to resign. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, threatened to resign from his position if Wike had won the party’s presidential primary.

Mr Secondus, who hails from Rivers, was forced out of office in August 2021, a few weeks to the expiration of his tenure.

You can’t come here, gain from the state, be a contractor, get money then you move to Abuja to hold meetings against us and say I’ll leave you free, I’ll not leave you free. Good journalism costs a lot of money. “We removed a national party chairman who was not doing well. “Let me tell you what you don’t understand in politics. “And the president cannot come to the south if you (Secondus) are the chairman of the party,” Mr Wike said. “In the final meeting in Enugu, we now say, Secondus, as the chairman of the party, you are already running out your tenure, and therefore you can’t go back (as the PDP chairman) because it is the position of the south that the president have to come from the south.