Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has, again, insisted on the resignation of the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, as the only acceptable way out of the current internal crisis of the party.
He reiterated this while fielding questions from journalists on a live national broadcast in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital monitored by Stonix News on Friday.
He suggested that as a way of preventing constitutional crisis, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party can adopt the ‘doctrine of necessity’ or expediency to decide on Ayu’s replacement during the parties national convention after the general elections in 2023.
He stated that his team’s insistence is hinged on an agreement reached with the presidential candidate and the party chairman’s earlier commitment that if the presidential candidate of the party emerged from the north, he (Ayu) would resign.
Wike said what his team was demanding is equity, fairness and justice without minding whose interest was involved.
He accused Ayu of being very corrupt and challenged him to an open debate on the matter.
“Ayu is very very corrupt. He has the opportunity to challenge me. Will he deny that he did not collect N1-billion in Lagos State?
I can say how the money was arranged and collected,” he alleged.
