The “Ayu Must Go” demonstrators that stormed the capital of Katsina State on Sunday must have been supported by the party’s opponents from outside the state, according to Alhaji Salisu Majigiri, the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State.
On Sunday, PulseNets reported that a group of young people from the North, who were reportedly PDP members, were seen holding placards at the entrance to Katsina City and calling for Senator Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP National Chairman, to quit immediately.
Speaking to journalists about the situation, Majigiri claimed that neither the Katsina PDP was aware of the protest nor a participant in it.
According to the Katsina PDP Chairman: “No right thinking Katsina PDP member will embark on any protest of that nature.
“As far as we are concerned, we don’t know them. They are neither from the PDP headquarters nor from the local government. Also, they are not among the State officials of the PDP. So who are they? They must have been sent to come and create issues that are non-existent in Katsina.
“We have our presidential candidate from a valid primary election held in Abuja. His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar has made it clear that nobody can be removed without following due process or recourse to the constitutional provision of the party.
“We in Katsina affirm and support the position of the PDP presidential candidate, his Excellency, Atiku Abubakar on the issue of party leadership at the national level.
“In Katsina, PDP is one big united family. We don’t have anybody that is protesting the leadership of anybody or against the candidature of anybody.”
