• Stalemate as PDP candidate insists party chair will lead campaign

• Party bigwigs to lobby Rivers governor for support

The festering post-primary crisis of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not abated.

The camp of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike is seeking the immediate resignation of National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu as a condition for peace.

It follows overtures to the aggrieved governor by presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar.

However, the presidential candidate insisted that the chairman should remain in office to lead his campaign for next year’s election after which he will quit.

To resolve the crisis, party bigwigs are lobbying Wike to embrace reconciliation and support Atiku.

To avert losing the swing states, former Senate President Bukola Saraki is leading some party leaders to lobby Wike to support the presidential candidate.

Wike and his strategists have, however, insisted on their demand that Ayu must quit.

They maintained that Atiku should honour his promise that once the PDP presidential candidate emerges from the North, a Southerner will lead the party.

But Atiku’s camp claimed that Ayu can only step aside after the election.

Sources said PDP leaders are worried that the party may not be able to win the 2023 poll if it loses swing states like Rivers, Lagos and Kano.

It was gathered that Saraki, some ex-governors, former ministers and other leaders are lobbying for Atiku.


Although Atiku was said to be amenable to reconciliation, the leaders have been worried that it was better to open fresh talks with Wike.

They felt it will be dangerous to toy with Wike because of his greater influence on the party and the Southsouth.

A source said: “The party is drifting and party leaders are concerned. The National Working Committee (NWC) is divided now.

“Some governors, ex-governors, ex-ministers and founding fathers of the party like a former National Security Adviser Gen. Aliyu Gusau, ex-President of the Senate Bukola Saraki, Governors Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Douye Diri and Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, ex-Governors Henry Seriake Dickson, Sule Lamido, Babangida Aliyu, Boni Haruna and others are with Atiku.

“But from Wike’s camp, a new set of power brokers is emerging. They include Governors Seyi Makinde and Samuel Ortom, ex-governor Hassan Dankwambo, Ayodele Fayose and Donald Duke, a former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), many senators and members of the House of Representatives.

“Disturbed by the division, especially threat to PDP chances in swing states like Kano, Lagos and Rivers states, a former President of the Senate, some ex-ministers and leaders of the party are trying to make amend. The former Senate President, now leading lobbying for fresh talks between Atiku and Wike.

“In spite of the fact that Wike has made himself incommunicado to Atiku, the ex-Senate President is optimistic that PDP leaders will close ranks.”

A source in Wike’s camp gave more insight into why Wike was angry with Atiku.

The source said Atiku cannot describe Wike as unfit to be a vice presidential candidate or a liability to his mandate.

The source said: “The way the situation is going, Nigerians will soon know the truth. Wike is a committed and loyal party leader. He has been there for PDP when some leaders abandoned it.

“Wike was recommended by a committee as vice presidential candidate of the party, but some forces in the party abandoned the report without mutual consultations.

“They came up with ridiculous excuses of temperament, ambition and overzealousness. When it comes to certain challenges, Wike is useful.

“Yet, it has pleased some leaders of the party to wish him away as nobody. They came up with ridiculous excuses.

“Also, what is hurting the Rivers State governor and his strategists is that all mutual decisions agreed with Atiku were not honoured, including the one at their meeting after the presidential primaries. Atiku paid a visit to Wike in Abuja and some issues came up.

“The next thing that happened in the party was that the likes of ex-Governor Babangida Aliyu started attacking Wike. The hand was Esau’s, the voice was Jacob’s.”

The source added: “Wike is ready to draw the battle lines any moment from now because Atiku’s camp has not been forthcoming, especially on a minimum demand.

“It was agreed that once a presidential candidate comes from the North, the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, will step down.

“If PDP leaders cannot comply with a minimum threshold, you can imagine what will happen after the party wins the 2023 poll.”

A source in Atiku’s camp said: “It is strategically unwise to ask Ayu to step down because Atiku is yet to win the election. Our candidate is committed to North-South unity.”

https://thenationonlineng.net/wikes-camp-gives-ayu-must-go-condition-to-back-atiku/

PDP that , PDP this ........PDP are really confused.

Vote PETER OBI for a better Nigeria.

BAT will win 2023 general election with ease……watch out

WIKE please o

“The next thing that happened in the party was that the likes of ex-Governor Babangida Aliyu started attacking Wike. The hand was Esau’s, the voice was Jacob’s.”

Babangida Aliyu that supported Buhari in 2015 while still in PDP?

Party Chairman North, Party Candidate North..Party major financer South, Party major block vote South

Let's say Wike and Fayose were as Useless as Tambuwal, Atiku and Saraki that left PDP in 2014 for selfish gains, and never sacrificed time money and effort to keep PDP National secretariat well funded ... Which party would Atiku had used as platform?! Labour party or APGA




.

For shortchanging the Igbos, PDP will never know peace.

Moh247:
Party Chairman North, Party Candidate North..party major financer South, Party major block vote South

You can imagine. PDP failed as the major opposition party.

Fahdiga:
You can imagine. PDP failed as the major opposition party.

I may not like PDP but if Kwankwaso and Obi merges then PDP are dead and buried

If Fayose and Wike goes then they are finished

Atiku and PDP must understand Nigeria badly needs strong opposition to say NO to tyranny

Moh247:


I may not like PDP but if Kwankwaso and Obi merges then PDP are dead and buried

If Fayose and Wike goes then they are finished

Atiku and PDP must understand Nigeria badly needs strong opposition to say NO to tyranny

I even want the party to go extinct.

Let the game begins. This is Wike the wicked one, not Goatluck the dummy. Play this game, play it. Both Atikulation and Bukola Mesujamba Saraki never ever fulfil promises. That's why they keep jumping from party to party. That was why we kicked them out of APC.

Iyorcha Ayu is a useless Benue goat. He was the first to betray June-12 before other traitors even among we Yorubas follow. That was why the idiot was kicked out by the then Senate and replaced by Ahmed Ebute who was later arrested by Sani Abacha and imprisoned. Google can tell you more.

So you see, Atikulation, Mesujamba Saraki, and Ayu are three triplet given birth to by s roadside prostitute.

The truth of the matter is that this election is between Tinubu & Obi.
Added to the internal war going on in P.D.P where most of the governors felt the presidency should have been zoned to the south, Atiku doesn't stand a single chance because his bloc votes have already been divided by Kwankwaso in the north & Peter Obi in the South-South and the South-East.
And there's no way that the West would leave Tinubu & vote for him.
The only way that Atiku can actually stand a chance of winning is if Kwankwaso & Obi decide to collapse their structures & return to P.D.P.
Asides that, Atiku is a non-factor in the next presidential race, & that's the reason he's the least talked about aspirant.
FINALLY VOTE PETER OBI THE BEST AMONGST THE REST.

Moh247:


I may not like PDP but if Kwankwaso and Obi merges then PDP are dead and buried

If Fayose and Wike goes then they are finished

Atiku and PDP must understand Nigeria badly needs strong opposition to say NO to tyranny

What was fayoses performance in the just concluded governorship election in ekiti state?

Is it atiku that prevented PDP from being a strong opposition all this while?

Fayose and Wike are obsessed with controlling PDP or anything that happens therein.

donaldking10:
The truth of the matter is that this election is between Tinubu & Obi.
Atiku doesn't stand a single chance because his bloc votes have already been divided by Kwankwaso in the north & Peter Obi in the South-South and the South-East.
And there's no way that the West would leave Tinubu & vote for him.
The only way that Atiku can actually stand a chance of winning is if Kwankwaso & Obi decide to collapse their structures & return to P.D.P.
Asides that, Atiku is a non-factor in the next presidential race, & that's the reason he's the least talked about aspirant.
FINALLY VOTE PETER OBI THE BEST AMONGST THE REST.

Show us anything Peter Obi has don in his entire life that matches Tinubu's Lekki master plan

CheapHomes1:


What was fayoses performance in the just concluded governorship election in ekiti state?

Is it atiku that prevented PDP from being a strong opposition all this while?

Fayose and Wike are obsessed with controlling PDP or anything that happens therein.

Which is their right as party men to influence and control PDP

Fayose never contested last election so I wonder what performance you are talking about

Yes Atiku weakened PDP in 2014 when he decamped, donated hundreds of cars to APC and also billions of naira to fund Buhari at the detriment of PDP that made him who he is

Wiked

Moh247:



Show us anything Peter Obi has don in his entire life that matches Tinubu's Lekki master plan

His daughter has companies in Pandora established with Anambra money while Anambra indegenes are are selling Gala and La Casera inside Lagos holdups and sleeping under Lagos bridges. So, they hate Tinubu for not building house for them in Lagos.

Moh247:



Show us anything Peter Obi has don in his entire life that matches Tinubu's Lekki master plan

Okay
Tinubu should show us his school certificates let's start from there. Or he should come out and boldly tell us how he spent Lagos money. Asides Fashola and Ambode what has Tinubu even done in Lagos that is still of good value now.



Below are pictures of some secondary schools in Anambra equipped and reconstructed under P.O. Before you and your crew ll start sprewing rubbish, He equipped almost all the state secondary schools with solar panel water borehole, Provided funds for computer lab and equipped them so with100sets of laptop each. Equipped their science laboratories. Provided School bus to all schools. State wasn't in dept when he left. Does not owe any contractor or civil servant or retiree. I can do this all day If you want.

I would have preferred Okowa must go

Moferere:
I would have preferred Okowa must go

After 2023,Wike will become history. Whether he likes it or not.

naija4life247:


His daughter has companies in Pandora established with Anambra money while Anambra indegenes are are selling Gala and La Casera inside Lagos holdups and sleeping under Lagos bridges. So, they hate Tinubu for not building house for them in Lagos.

You forgot to add , he invested state allocation in his choice bank to yeild intrest and also invested in Ogogoro and Beer Company that couldn't make 5% profit in 10 years

And Ayu will go only after his mission to make Atiku succeed President Buhari is achieved.
Atiku destroyed PDP with his inordinate ambition. He looked down on politicians from the south; obviously, it's the turn of the south to produce a successor to President Buhari.
What gave Atiku the gut to believe that a Fulani Muslim, Atiku, can succeed another Fulani Muslim Buhari, as president of Nigeria?

Toor

PDP and Crisis is like APC and Confusion ..

Obi dey really giving people headache, I believe in a better Nigeria.

No PDP National Chairman has successfully ended well.

Moh247:



Show us anything Peter Obi has don in his entire life that matches Tinubu's Lekki master plan

You mean Tinubu's Lekki massacre?....


Mind you we have not forgotten..

dre11:

• Stalemate as PDP candidate insists party chair will lead campaign

• Party bigwigs to lobby Rivers governor for support




https://thenationonlineng.net/wikes-camp-gives-ayu-must-go-condition-to-back-atiku/

Divided camp. God will continue to divide this evil looting party. OBIdient all the way

Moh247:


You forgot to add , he invested state allocation in his choice bank to held intrest and also invested in Ogogoro and Beer Company that couldn't make 5% profit in 10 years

How old are you?
Seun
Lalasticlala

Underage on rampage