PDP Crisis: Atiku sends Adamawa gov to Wike
Atiku (right) and Wike. *Pressure on Ayu by party leaders to resign *Wike insists he must resign as he promised *Face-off threatens composition of campaign council *PDP flags not lowered in Rivers Govt House - Govt source, party spokesperson *Campaign D-G may come from S-West *We respect every member’s freedom of expression — PDP *Majority support Ayu, NWC Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State insisted that for peace to reign, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu must resign from office. This was Wike’s condition for peace when Adamawa State governor, Umaru Fintiri, visited him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday. This is coming at a time other leaders of the PDP are also mounting pressure on Ayu to step down. However, sources within the party are of the view that its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, does not want to throw Ayu under the bus by easily giving in to Wike’s condition. It was gathered that Governor Fintiri ...