Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has again berated the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu over comments credited to him that he would have stopped some candidates of the party from contesting elections if he wanted to.
Ayu, reportedly made the comment when he met his kinsmen in Benue state at the weekend.
Reacting to Ayu’s comments, Gov. Wike said the chairman has no such power to stop anybody from contesting, and dared him to come to Rivers state and stop any candidate.
Wike reiterated that he will remain in the PDP to fight injustice, adding that he has been in the party and have never left.
Part of his statement reads,
I heard when he said that he would have stopped Ortom from contesting, a man that brought you and pleaded that you should be made Chairman. Ortom stood as a guarantee for Ayu to become the National Chairman of the PDP. I dare Ayu to stop anybody from contesting the election.
I dare him to come to Rivers State and stop any candidate from contesting the election. Do we really want to win election? The party is really in a dilemma. The presidential candidate of the party comes from the north and if you said that you will not keep to the agreement so be it. I will not be a party to anybody that wants to use me to be relevant.
have been in PDP and have never left the party. I dare him, Ayu, again to stop any candidate from contesting an election. He knows that he cannot do that he has no such power. Let him come to Rivers State and stop anybody. I dare him to do that.
