Majority of governors on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) sympathetic to their colleague Nyesom Wike of Rivers State have made their stand known on the resignation of the party chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. The governors have reportedly demanded the resignation of the national chairman as a condition for them to campaign for Atiku.
A source close to one of the governors from a south south state said that the grouse of the governors is that that the continued stay of Ayu in office may spell doom for the party noting that the chairman was elected to the position because it was zoned to the north, but with the present situation where the party’s presidential candidate is also from the north; there is need for balance and equity.
They argued that the all top positions in the party are being occupied by northerners and Ayu, who is from the North-Central, must resign as a concession to the South.
However, Ayu has maintained that he would only resign after Atiku emerges the winner of the Presidential election next year.