Most southerners backing Ayu are hypocrites seeking crumbs from their masters —Wike

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State, has launched a harsh attack on Southern PDP members as the fight over the position of national chairman threatens to ruin any chance of retaking power before the 2023 elections.

In a media interview on Friday at the Government House in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Wike made this statement.
To placate the governor of Rivers State, the party had earlier planned a delegation of four South-South Governors.

This was said in a statement released on Thursday following the conclusion of the South-South PDP Governors’ Forum meeting, which Governor Udom Emmanuel held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

The governors in charge are Ifeanyi Okowa, Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), and Douye Diri (Bayelsa) (Delta) and Godwin Obaseki (Edo).

However, Wike, during the media parley, accused his Southern counterparts of hypocrisy while grovelling at the feet of their masters — alluding to the Northern bloc within the party.

He further insisted on his stance on the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, in the interest of fairness for him to work with Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate.

“It will be foolish of me to abdicate the interests of the South and this has nothing to do with Northern donination and most of those supporting Ayu are Southerners who are hypocrites seeking crumbs from their masters.

“Zone the Chairmanship to anywhere in the South but let it be in the region. We are not going to back down.

“Check Section 73C of the party’s constitution. All political and elective offices must be zoned which was why we are clamoring for it. Now we have boxed ourselves into a corner with the two major positions going to the North.

“Why will a party that want to take over the helm of affairs be lacking integrity which is a crucial part of good leadership? A leader must be a man of integrity. We have a Chairman who has no integrity.”