Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State has revealed why he is part of the allies of his Rivers state counterpart, Nyesom Wike, who demanded the resignation of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorchia Ayu.
It was reported that Wike and his allies, over the past few Months, have been demanding Ayu’s resignation in the interest of fairness, equity, and justice.
Wike and his camp pointed out that the PDP presidential candidate and the national chairman of the party cannot come from the same region, North.
Speaking in an interview with Daily Sun, the governor said he is part of Wike’s camp to demand that the right thing is done in the party and that every member is treated fairly.
The governor said it is totally unjust for the presidential candidate and the national chairman of the party to come from the same zone.
Ikpeazu, however, said that some leaders of the party have not demonstrated sufficient maturity in handling the internal wrangling.
He said: “Before the primary election, we went back and forward, back and forward and we said zoning, which is in our party; later it was thrown open. Some of us at that time said this was going to be dangerous because in my Igbo parlance, ‘Oke ruem n’aka, asi k’ekegharia ya’ (why is that whenever it is my turn, a new sharing formula will emerge)? But we said okay because we needed to rescue Nigeria we allowed that.
“But then, a few understanding was reached, part of it was if we have a chairman from a certain section of the country, will it be good for us to also push a presidential candidate from that same part of the country? And then the answer was well, if that happens, we will make the adjustments.
