Tag: Iyorchia Ayu

PDP Crisis: Ayu is an ingrate -Wike

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor, has described as an ingrate, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, for his comments against the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. Ayu had said he has the power to stop Ortom’s senatorial ambition and those of others eyeing various positions on the platform of the party. However, Wike, while briefing journalists at his private residence in Rumiprikon, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area on Sunday dared Ayu to make good his threat. He said it was unfortunate for Ayu to speak…

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Only God can sack me, Ayu brags

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Embattled national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu has taken a swipe at his political foes calling for his removal from the office saying only God can sack him. Ayu said this in Tiv dialect while addressing the crowd of supporters that he would not resign until the day “God permits”. He also said he had the power to stop any candidate under the party, particularly in the state following the attacks on his person. Samuel Ortom, the Benue state governor and his counterparts in Rivers Oyo, Abia…

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Wike raises concern over Atiku’s ethnic politics, rejects PDP BOT’s offer

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor, has expressed concern over comments credited to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, advising Northerners that they should vote for him in the 2023 election because he hails from the northern region. Wike said if true, such a statement was a threat to the unity of the country at a time when concerted efforts should be made in giving every citizen a sense of belonging. The governor spoke on Monday at the international wing of the Port Harcourt International Airport,…

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How Ayu connived with Tambuwal to short-change Wike, others -Ex-Gov. Jang

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Ex-governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has narrated how the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, helped Atiku Abubakar to emerge as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election at the expense of his opponents including Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State during the primary election. Jang stated this when he spoke on Wednesday following a meeting of some PDP members who are on the side of Governor Wike in Port Harcourt. He likened Ayu to a “referee” who helped one of the sides to score…

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Atiku dumps Ayu, says PDP chairman’s resignation achievable

Jide Ige

Atiku Abubarkar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party yielded to the persistent call for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, when he told party members at the South-West stakeholders forum in Ibadan that Ayu’s resignation is achievable. Atiku said he had no problem with the call as long as it came in accordance with the party’s constitution. At the party’s South-West stakeholders meeting with Atiku in Ibadan, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State demanded that Ayu must resign if the party must move forward.…

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Wike to Ayu: We the children brought you from gutter to National chair

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The crisis rocking the Peoples’ Democratic Party escalated further on Thursday as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, responded to remarks credited to the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. National Infinity reports that Ayu, in an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Tuesday dismissed Wike and his loyalists “as youngsters who lacked the knowledge about how the party was formed” for asking for his resignation. Wike, at the inauguration of Omerelu internal roads by a former South-West Deputy National Chairman of PDP, Chief Olabode George, warned that the action and utterances of…

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PDP Chairman, Ayu snubs Wike’s group, calls them ‘children’

Jide Ige

Iyorchia Ayu, a former Senate President and the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has lashed out at the Nyesom Wike’s group within the party calling for his resignation, describing them as children who do not know why we formed the party. In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, the national chairman pointed out that even if there would be another election, those calling for his resignation would not be replacing him saying PDP members and stakeholders elected him based on the laid down rules of the party.…

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