Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has challenged Senator Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP’s national chairman, to suspend the G-5 governors and test the party’s resilience in the face of the coming storm.
Governor Wike claimed that the G-5 Governors are exempt from the possibility of suspension while speaking on Saturday at the State PDP Campaign Council’s campaign flag-off rally in Bori, Khana Local Government Area of the State.
“We are above that level that you think you can threaten anybody; intimidate anybody with whatever illegal decision you have taken.”
“So, we are waiting for you to announce my own and any other of my friend. Like I have said, when a man says you will not sleep, he too, will he sleep? Will Ayu sleep? Will those his cohorts sleep? So don’t worry, we have the capacity to pay back. We have the capacity to tell you that enough is enough.”
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When the Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee (NWC) dissolved the Ekiti State executive committee, Wike reacted by calling it an act of tyranny that would be fought in court.
He forewarned that the PDP National Working Committee’s use of tyranny would not benefit the party in the next general elections.
There are still PDP members who believe in the rule of law and that the party should uphold its constitution, according to Governor Wike, which is why the dissolution of the Ekiti State working committee would be contested in court.
He emphasised that the PDP would suffer greater losses in the upcoming general election if the Ayu-led NWC resorted to dictatorship.
“Let me also use this opportunity to say to Iyorchia Ayu and his team, your dissolving Ekiti State Exco will not help you in anyway.
“Your suspending people will not help you in anyway. The battle line has been fully drawn. As I speak to you, we will do everything legally possible to challenge any decision we know is illegal.
“So, don’t think you can threaten people by saying so, so persons have been suspended. Rubbish! Completely rubbish.”
