Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) needs performing governors like him to get the needed votes for the
party to win the presidency.
The opposition party has been in crisis since May when
former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar became the PDP presidential candidate.
Party stakeholders expressed concern that Wike was
overlooked for Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, who Abubakar chose as his
running mate.
Recall that allies of Wike demanded that
Iyorchia Ayu, PDP national chairman, should step down — as a precondition for
resolving the crisis. But Ayu has since dismissed the call.
Abubakar; Walid Jibrin, chairman of PDP board of trustees
(BoT); and Ayu are all from north, and Jibrin has offered to resign following
allegations that the north is holding all the key positions in the party.
Speaking on Wednesday at the unveiling of the Emohua campus
of Rivers State University, Wike said no one can prevent him from speaking on
the happenings in the party.
“That is why I am telling the people there, ‘look, it cannot
work; you can’t take everything. If you take everything, it will purge you. So,
better do the right thing now’,” he said.
“Don’t sit there and think that you can muzzle me and you
can do everything; you can manipulate anything. You can think you have the
number to make sure you take everything, but the time is coming when you will
account for it.
“If any PDP state is not doing well, don’t think you will be
voted for because APC is not doing well. If in PDP state, for example, if in
Rivers state, we didn’t do well, then you’ll say because APC did not do well at
the national level, then the people will vote for us.
“They’ll tell you ‘PDP, you didn’t do well in Rivers state’.
People don’t understand that. And that is why the party should respect us and
know that we are the ones campaigning for the party, because we have what to
use to campaign.”
Also speaking at the event, Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo,
said he and his colleagues will continue to fight for their “space” in the
party.
“Even the fight that we lost, we did not lose with our heads
bowed. We stood for the truth and for what is good for the country,” he said.
“We will continue to fight for our space within the PDP. We
will fight for what is good for our people.”
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