PDP Crisis: Wike Dares Secondus, Says Vote of Confidence can’t Save Ayu
By Ozumi Abdul
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has declared as a mere formality the vote of confidence passed on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC).
Wike insisted that the assurance passed by the party’s NEC in April 2019 failed to save his predecessor, Uche Secondus.
Speaking on Saturday while receiving defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Wike challenged Secondus to come back to Rivers to mobilise support for the PDP ahead of the 2023 elections.
He insisted that Ayu must exit the chairmanship of the party for a southerner.
Wike and Secondus are said to be kinsmen but a feud had thwarted their relationship last year and the Rivers governor demanded his resignation as PDP chairman. Secondus’ tenure was later truncated last August when a court sacked him.
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“I was listening, watching, they said there is one man they call Secondus. They said he was dancing, celebrating that NEC gave their person vote of confidence.
“He (Secondus) forgets that the same NEC through Aliyu Babangida who moved a motion for vote of confidence supported by the same person – Ndudi Elumelu… They gave him vote of confidence, what happened? He left office,” Wike said.
The governor continued, “We don’t fight and go back. If you like, you can have as many votes of confidence, it is not my business; my business is to make sure the right thing is done and the right thing must be done whether today or tomorrow.
“So, let nobody worry himself. If you are dancing, come home and dance, come and mobilise for the party you think can will election. I am here waiting for him. No more 419 in this game. Enough is enough.
“We are only waiting for INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) to blow the whistle. When they blow the whistle, we will know those who are in charge of Rivers State and those who are mere visitors to the state”, he concluded.
