How Ayu, Ex-Military Generals Ganged Up against Me: Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has narrated how some ex-military generals, alongside the national chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu and other party chieftains held nocturnal meetings to truncate his political ambition.

He added that part of the meetings was held in homes of ex-generals on the night of the convention in a bid to prevent his emergence as the party’s presidential flagbearer in the 2023 general elections

In a media chat on Friday in Port Harcourt, Wike alleged that the meetings were part of what led to the delay in the commencement of the convention on the day of PDP primary.

Wike lambasted the PDP National Chairman, Senator Iyorcha Ayu, for his role in the last convention of the party, saying he aided the emergence of the former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, as the party’s flagbearer.

“Some of the retired generals were involved. Some of the meetings were held in their houses. There is nothing they didn’t do for me to step down.

“Those who know me, know that I would have stopped the convention, even if heaven falls.

“But I said for peace to reign, let the convention go on. Now a candidate has emerged. And we need to win elections as a party. That is the ultimate, winning elections.

“But the right things must be done. It was agreed and it has been the practice of the party that if the candidate comes from the North, the national chairman should come from the South.

“The candidate (Atiku) knows all these. He even said it to me when he came to my house in Abuja”, he added.