The crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party, PDP took a new dimension on Friday as the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said he is not ready to back down on his call for the National Chairman of the party, Iyorcha Ayu to resign.
He added that, there would be no peace in the party until his demand and those of his allies are met.
The governor said there was nowhere in the party’s constitution where the president and the chairman of the party would come from the same zone.
Wike said this during a live media chat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, on Friday.
“They are denying my people their own right. This has nothing to do with Northern domination. Zone the chairmanship to anywhere in the South, not necessarily Rivers State,” he said
“We are not going to back down. Some of them are hypocrites that want to eat the crumbs from the master’s table. There is no single law in the PDP that allows these two positions to come from the same zone.
“Live and let me live. Take and let me take. If the President comes from the North, let the National Chairman from to the South. What is wrong with that?”
Asked if he was not thinking of making concessions, he said, “That I said I am not leaving the PDP is enough concession. What concession have they made?”
He further said integrity matters a lot, pointing out that the PDP presidential candidate met him one-on-one and made promises to him but none of the promises has been fulfilled
He said, “Atiku met me one-on-one but has he implemented the agreement? If I leave the PDP today, the party cannot win Rivers State.
“Nobody can toy with us. If the five governors say we are leaving the party today, do you know what that means?
“Forget about all these things happening now. We are not just ordinary governors. We are formidable governors. If you want to win the election, why not do the right thing?”