Ayu helped Atiku defeat Wike at PDP Primary – Jang
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By Donatus Anichukwueze
September 22, 2022
Former Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang has accused People's Democratic Party National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu of helping Atiku Abubakar become the party's presidential candidate in the 2023 elections at the expense of of his opponents, including Governor Nyesom. Wike of Rivers State in the primary election.
Jang said this when he spoke Wednesday following a meeting of some PDP members who are on Governor Wike's side in Port Harcourt.
He compared Ayu to a "referee" who helped one of the teams to a goal and whistled that a goal had been scored.
The former Plateau Governor alleged that Ayu made a "private arrangement" with Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal to harm Governor Nyesom Wike and other candidates in the presidential primary of gone.
During the party's presidential primary, Tambuwal, who was a leading candidate, made a last-minute decision to stand down and asked his supporters to vote for Atiku.
With Tambuwal's support, Atiku was able to defeat Governor Wike and other aspirants to become the party's presidential candidate.
Jang recalled Ayu's visit to Tambuwal's residence in Abuja a few hours after the primary, apparently to thank him for the gesture of stepping down for Atiku and said it proved that there was a private arrangement between the two men.
"Thank you, thank you. You are the hero of the convention," his host was seen saying 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 president, Ayu, to go and kiss Aminu Tambuwal, calling him the hero of the convention, which means that there was a private arrangement that was made with Tambuwal to deceive other candidates including Governor Nyesom Wike.
“Here is a referee who has now helped one of the teams to a goal and then whistled that a goal has been scored. This is not what we formed the PDP to do for the Nigerians and we therefore unequivocally demand that Ayu should resign."
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By Donatus Anichukwueze
September 22, 2022
Former Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang has accused People's Democratic Party National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu of helping Atiku Abubakar become the party's presidential candidate in the 2023 elections at the expense of of his opponents, including Governor Nyesom. Wike of Rivers State in the primary election.
Jang said this when he spoke Wednesday following a meeting of some PDP members who are on Governor Wike's side in Port Harcourt.
He compared Ayu to a "referee" who helped one of the teams to a goal and whistled that a goal had been scored.
The former Plateau Governor alleged that Ayu made a "private arrangement" with Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal to harm Governor Nyesom Wike and other candidates in the presidential primary of gone.
During the party's presidential primary, Tambuwal, who was a leading candidate, made a last-minute decision to stand down and asked his supporters to vote for Atiku.
With Tambuwal's support, Atiku was able to defeat Governor Wike and other aspirants to become the party's presidential candidate.
Jang recalled Ayu's visit to Tambuwal's residence in Abuja a few hours after the primary, apparently to thank him for the gesture of stepping down for Atiku and said it proved that there was a private arrangement between the two men.
"Thank you, thank you. You are the hero of the convention," his host was seen saying 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 president, Ayu, to go and kiss Aminu Tambuwal, calling him the hero of the convention, which means that there was a private arrangement that was made with Tambuwal to deceive other candidates including Governor Nyesom Wike.
“Here is a referee who has now helped one of the teams to a goal and then whistled that a goal has been scored. This is not what we formed the PDP to do for the Nigerians and we therefore unequivocally demand that Ayu should resign."
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