On Thursday, September 22, 2022; Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel said the party’s problem will be handled despite growing calls for Iyorchia Ayu, the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, to step down.
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and other “dissenting voices” within the party have the right to express their opinions, according to Emmanuel, who is the chairman of Atiku Abubakar‘s presidential campaign organisation, and they won’t be disregarded.
The Akwa Ibom governor claims that the party’s differences are “not big mountains that are so tough to climb.”
“This is a family-run enterprise. You people are aware that Nyesom Wike is my brother. One thing I learned about politics and life is that people should endeavour to follow through on their commitments; failure to do so is a contributing factor to some issues. Let me stick to what I claim I’ll do if A occurs. On the breakfast programme Sunrise Daily on Channels Television, Emmanuel remarked, “Let me also keep to that if I say I would do B if C happens.
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According to InTv, Wike’s faction inside the PDP on Wednesday morning announced its resignation from the campaign council, demanding that Ayu vacate the position for a person from the south.
The group, which included current and past governors as well as ex-ministers, argued that neither the party’s national chairman (Ayu) nor its presidential candidate (Atiku) could be from the north.
Atiku, a senator from Adamawa State, later said in a statement that he was unable to make a decision regarding the resignation of Ayu, a former senator from Benue State who is now travelling abroad for two weeks.
In addition, the former vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 urged Wike’s supporters to “have a rethink, retrace their steps” and support his bid for the presidency in 2023.
