2023: Nigerians want PDP to reclaim power, not interested in our crisis – Ayu

Iyorchia Ayu, the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), dismissed the party’s internal problems on Monday.

Since the end of the party’s presidential primaries on May 28, a group of five governors led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has been pressing for Ayu’s resignation due to his involvement in the turmoil that has been destroying the organisation.
Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi are additional group members (Enugu).

About two weeks ago, they made the announcement that they were leaving the PDP Presidential Campaign Council due to the party’s resistance to replacing its chairman.

And true to the promise, the five governors were conspicuously absent when the party kicked off its 2023 election campaign on Monday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

In his address at the event, Ayu stressed that Nigerians are not interested in the party’s personal quarrels, but in its ability to tackle the national challenges.

He appealed to all members of the party to work for the party’s success next year.

Ayu said: “We are moving slowly so that those who are yet on board will join us on the train. It is important for us as leaders. Nigeria is not interested in our personal quarrels; Nigeria is waiting for us to come and rescue them from what is worrying them.

“Nigerians are hungry; Nigerians are suffering from all sorts of sickness; Nigerians cannot move from one point to another without worries; Nigerians cannot sleep because of insecurity.

“Nigerians are getting more and more divided; Nigerians are complaining and are hoping that what we did for them in the last 16 years, we will come back and do it for them again.

“Let us all join hands together because we have the solution. Already, we have penned down the covenant with Nigerians. We will restore the economy to its glory.

“All young people will get jobs; the economy will grow; there will be more industries. Every PDP governor has performed well. Therefore, when we get to power from state houses of assembly to the state governors, the national assembly, we need all of them to support our president who is coming to power next year to redeem Nigerians. PDP will not disappoint you.”