Wike Didn’t Respect Zoning In Rivers, Ayu Won’t Resign – PDP Campaign Spokesman

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The 2015 zoning of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship ticket in Rivers State was reportedly rejected by Governor Nyesom Wike, according to Charles Aniagwu, spokesman for the PDP presidential campaign council.

This was revealed by Aniagwu during an interview on Friday on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

Since Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president, won the party’s presidential ticket, the party has been in disarray.

It grew worse when Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of Delta, was chosen by Atiku instead of Wike, who many people had assumed would be the party’s vice presidential candidate.

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Speaking on the crisis rocking the party, Aniagwu stated that Wike cannot compare the zoning formula in the PDP with that of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) because the last person to become president in the party, Goodluck Jonathan, was from the south.

“In 2015, let’s not forget, Amaechi was leaving office. Amaechi is from the same place as Wike. You didn’t say let’s us move to the waterside. What Wike said then that I recall was that you need to, first of all, have the power before you begin to respect zoning. That the party in Rivers was not in power because Amaechi has moved to APC. That PDP cannot be talking about zoning when they were not in power in Rivers,” Aniagwu said.

“In Nigeria today, PDP is not in power. Besides, the last president from the party was Goodluck Jonathan from the south. Are you using Buhari of APC to zone in PDP when we are operating different constitutions? Those are some of the issues that I like my brother to answer,” he said.

PDP campaign spokesman: Wike didn’t respect zoning in Rivers — Ayu won’t resign