Special Adviser to the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, Simon Imobo Tswam, says his principal never reached an agreement with anyone to resign his position.
Tswam, in a statement said Ayu only promised to resign if the party wants him to, after the emergence of a Northerner.
According to him, it is clear that the party does not want Ayu to resign after a vote of confidence was passed.
He said PDP, knows that if Ayu resigns it will throw the party into much bigger crises, and that the constitution of the party says his successor will come from the same region.
His statement reads
…Have you seen the agreement? We are intelligent people. We are not in the Stone Age.
[b]They say there was an agreement. Where did he sign the agreement and with whom? At what time? People just say it in the media and in the street. What I want to say, because I have seen the video, is sure Dr. Ayu said two things. Prior to his emergence as National Chairman of PDP on Channels TV to the effect.
If he resigns now, he will have to hand over to the Deputy Chairman North, Ambassador Illya Damagu, who is from Yobe State. So, if you say Ayu should step down because he is from the North-Central and Atiku North-East, Damagu is from North-East. So, what would you do with North-East? If he leaves, NEC will meet to appoint an acting chairman. But the constitution of the party says his successor is to come from the same zone.
So, if you say Ayu should resign because he is from the North, it doesn’t change anything. And we are saying that the party is a constitutional creation. That is why when they asked Atiku in Lagos, he said the only way this can be resolved is if the constitution of the party is changed.
