The former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has
accused the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, of
helping Atiku Abubakar emerge as the party’s presidential candidate for the
2023 election at the expense of his opponents including Governor Nyesom Wike of
Rivers State during the primary election.
Jang stated this when he spoke on Wednesday following a
meeting of some PDP members who are on the side of Governor Wike in Port
Harcourt.
He likened Ayu to a “referee” who helped one of the sides to
score a goal and blew the whistle that a goal had been scored.
The ex-Plateau governor alleged that Ayu had a “private
arrangement” with the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, to shortchange
Governor Nyesom Wike and other aspirants at the party presidential primary.
At the party’s presidential primary, Tambuwal, who was one
of the leading candidates, made a last-minute decision to step down and asked
his supporters to cast their votes for Atiku.
With Tambuwal’s support, Atiku was able to defeat Governor
Wike and other aspirants to emerge as the party presidential candidate.
Jang recalled Ayu’s visit to Tambuwal’s Abuja residence
hours after the primary apparently to thank him for the gesture of stepping
down for Atiku and said it proved there was a private arrangement between both
men.
“Thank you, thank you. You are the hero of the convention,”
Ayu was seen telling his host in a video clip that captured his arrival at
Tabuwal’s residence.
Speaking after the meeting of the Wike-led group in Port
Harcourt, Jang said, “For the National Chairman, Ayu, to go and embrace Aminu
Tambuwal, calling him the hero of the convention which means there was a
private arrangement that was done with Tambuwal to shortchange other
contestants, including Governor Nyesom Wike.
“Here was a referee who now helped one of the sides to score
a goal and then blew a whistle that a goal had been scored. This is not what we
formed the PDP to do for Nigerians and therefore we unequivocally ask that Ayu
has to step down.”
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