The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has declared that its
National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, won’t quit the party.
PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said
removing Ayu is a distraction to the party.
Ologunagba said Ayu’s removal would ignite a constitutional
crisis in the party.
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and a former Deputy
National Chairman (South), Chief Olabode George, had called for Ayu’s removal
from office.
However, Ologunagba, in a chat with journalists in Abuja,
said: “Those calling for Ayu’s removal ought to be aware of the implication of
their demand. Are they now saying that the present Deputy National Chairman
(North), who is from the same Northeast zone as our presidential candidate, be
made to replace Ayu, in line with the PDP constitution?
“On the other hand, we would be courting more crisis if we
sideline provisions of the constitution by replacing Ayu with another officer
from the South.
“We don’t want to go into the election with a constitutional
crisis. We have barely six months to the election.
“Even if you say Ayu should go today, his replacement will
come from the same North.
“Elections are coming and we don’t need a distraction. You
can’t destroy the whole for a part. We respect people’s rights and positions
but going into negotiations, you cannot say it is either this or nothing.
“It means you’re not ready to negotiate. We are all
interested in the survival of our party and our nation Nigeria. We will look at
the need to do the balancing.”
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