A former governor of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose, has lent his voice to the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that the presidential flagbearer of the party, Atiku Abubakar, is not against Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, IgbereTV reports
Wike has been at the centre of calls for the party’s chairman, Iyiorcha Ayu’s resignation. The feud between the duo has deepened despite the stepping down of Board of Trustees Chairman (Bot), Walid Jibrin. The National Executive Council of the PDP also passed a vote of confidence in Senator Ayu, further infuriating Wike.
But Fayose claimed that the supposed feud between the two was propelled by enemies wanting friction in the party, maintaining that Atiku and Wike are in no way against each other.
“For me, I want to believe his Excellency Atiku Abubakar is not against you but let me say this quickly: A lot of people surrounding the throne are enemies of the throne, and a lot of people surrounding the throne have an issue to grind with somebody or some issues with somebody and they take it to where they are not supposed to take it,” he said during the commissioning of the Obuama Community Secondary School in Rivers State on Friday.
Fayose described Wike as the “soul of the party: and as one instrumental for the party’s growth
