Gov Nyesom Wike Reveals Why PDP’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu Is Reluctant To Resign

Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has alleged that Iyorchia Ayu, the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), does not want to resign because he wants to keep managing the party’s finances.

The governor said this over the weekend during a press conference in Port Harcourt, the state capital of Rivers.

The PDP national chairman was also accused by Wike of being “very corrupt” and not being responsible with the funds that enter the party’s coffers.

Gov Wike said, “Why does he not want to resign? He is hoping that Nigerians will donate money to the party so he will superintendent over that money.

“He has already finished the one of N11 billion from the party’s primaries. Account for it, he says it is in the account. Show the public the account. Print out the statement of account of PDP and let the world see how the N11 billion was expended.

“And this is the party that all of us have laboured to take over power from the ruling party that we said has done badly. And then the national chairman will open his mouth to talk about stopping contestants.

“Ayu shouldn’t say so. He tried it in Rivers state. He came to manipulate and try to put some gubernatorial aspirants, but he saw the result. We dealt with him.”

Gov Wike and his allies have been calling for Ayu to step down, claiming that it is against the PDP’s constitution for the national chairman and the presidential candidate to come from the same zone.

Ayu is from Benue (North Central), while Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential hopeful, is from Adamawa (North East).