Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike claims that party rent–seekers have thwarted his attempts to reach a peaceful conclusion to the conflict engulfing the People‘s Democratic Party.Infomation Guide Nigeria
The governor stressed, however, that no one would be able to persuade him to back down from his view that Southern Nigeria should be given the PDP’s national chairmanship.
Wike made this statement on Wednesday night during a gathering of Cross River State PDP candidates for governor, senator, house of representatives, assembly, and local government chairmen at his private villa in Rumueprikom.
This information was provided to journalists on Thursday afternoon in a statement given by Kelvin Ebiri, the governor’s special assistant for media.
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The governor stated that the call for the PDP chairman to be zoned to the South would continue until justice, fairness, and equity were established inside the PDP.Jamb Result
Wike stated “This is the period that power game is being played. If you don’t have it now, forget it. If anybody tells you, to let (Iyorchia) Ayu resign after an election is conducted, then you are a foolish person.
“This is the time decision is being made. This is the time the presidential candidate, national chairman, and the leader of the campaign will sit, when the election is won in February before the president is sworn in, decisions would have been made.”
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In advance of the general elections in 2023, the governor said that he has started running for office full-time. He also warned those who would try to unseat him and his friends that they would do it at their own risk.
The governor explained that the seemingly unsolvable crisis in the party had persisted because some vested interests, whom he described as “hyenas and rent seekers,” have remained obstinate and opposed to justice, fairness, and equity in the party, during the meeting, which was attended by the party’s South-South National Vice Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih.
The statement read, “We have finished presidential primaries, we have a presidential candidate. Is Wike saying to remove the presidential candidate?
“Is Wike saying remove the vice presidential candidate? So, what are you begging me for? All I am saying, and I will continue to say is that you have taken president, give us (national) chairman.
“Nobody wants to speak the truth. If I am saying remove the presidential candidate, if I am saying remove the vice presidential candidate, then you will say why is he doing this.”
Wike argued that the current situation, in which the PDP presidential candidate, the national chairman, and the director general of the presidential campaign council are all from the north, is one that he cannot be persuaded to endorse.
He claims that denying the South the national chairmanship will only lead to conflict.
“He (national chairman) said, if the presidential candidate comes from the north, he will resign, which means he has had this in mind. Now, the thing has come to reality, now resign, no. And people are saying go and talk to Wike.
“I’ve accepted the presidential candidate, I have accepted the vice presidential candidate, what’s the problem again? You fulfill your part. Let the South have something, that is all I’m preaching.
“You cannot have presidential candidate, national chairman, director general of the campaign,” the governor said.
