There is division among governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over plans to remove the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu.
The Press Nigeria reports that removing Ayu is one of the conditions tabled by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for peace to return to the party.
Wike and his loyalists – which includes some governors – are calling on Ayu to resign as he had promised to step down if the presidential candidate of the party comes from the northern part of the country just like him.
However, some governors opposed to Wike’s demand believe that even if Ayu should step down, it should not be now to avoid a crisis that might rock the political boat of the party and lead to its defeat in the election.
The crisis has polarised the PDP Governors Forum, as well as other organs of the opposition party, including the National Working Committee.
It was gathered that members of the PDP NWC are also divided as they owe allegiance to governors that facilitated their elections into the party’s organ.
According to reports, the PDP Governors Forum – which has not held any meeting since the emergence of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as the running mate of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar – is divided into two groups, but one of them is reportedly non-committal at the moment.
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi is reportedly not a member of any of those groups.
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