By our reporter| The group loyal to governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state in the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, has announced their withdrawal from the Atiku presidential campaign and will continue to do so until Iyorchia Ayu, the party’s national chairman, resigns.
In a resolution at the end of a meeting held in the early hours of Wednesday in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers state, Bode George, PDP chieftain, said the campaign council list released by the party which has the name of Wike is “putting the cart before the horse”.
“The published presidential campaign council list translates to putting the cart before the horse, the pertinent issue remains the Ayu leadership,” George said.
“We, therefore, resolve that senator Iyorchia Ayu resigns as the national chairman for an acting chairman of southern Nigeria extraction.
“We resolved not to participate in the campaign council in whatever capacity until the resignation of Dr. Iyorchia Ayu.”
The PDP has been engulfed in a crisis following the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate in May.
The choice of Ifeanyi Okowa as Atiku’s running mate ahead of Wike further escalated the crisis, with allies of the Rivers state governor – Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo; Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue; George, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state, Jerry Gana, former minister of information, insisting that Ayu, must resign as a condition for peace in the party.
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