Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, said he is not the reason behind the unresolved crisis in the party.
Gatekeepers News earlier reported that there is a current crisis in the PDP over calls for Iyorchia Ayu to step down from his position as national chairman of the party.
The Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike championed this with his allies because the PDP presidential candidate and national chairman cannot be from the same region. Ayu and Abubakar are both northerners.
The PDP presidential candidate disclosed that he met with Wike five times within and outside the country on the development.
Abubakar said, “I have met Wike two times in Port Harcourt, two times in Abuja, one time in London — personally.”
While speaking on why things have been difficult to sort out, Abubakar said, “It’s not on my part. It’s on the other side. I’m waiting.”
Meanwhile, his comment comes shortly after Wike said it is an insult to Nigerians for another northerner to be contesting the presidency since the current president is from the north.
Speaking on Sunday at an event held at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital, Wike said he also does not support the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Rivers State Governor said, “You play on people’s intelligence. You say Nigeria is not ripe for Muslim-Muslim ticket, I agree. But Nigeria is ripe for presidency to remain in one zone? I mean, just look at the insult. You blow hot and cold.”
Meanwhile, Wike has since distanced himself from the PDP presidential campaign council.
