PDP crisis: I don’t have a problem with Atiku, Ayu must step down — Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that he has nothing against Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s presidential candidate.

Despite the fact that Atiku won the PDP presidential nomination, Wike claimed he had no animosity against the former vice president.

When he met with several state chieftains in Port Harcourt, the state’s capital, to celebrate his 55th birthday, he gave a speech.

However, the governor emphasised that the North’s resignation as the party’s national chairman is the only way to resolve the problem inside the PDP.

Iyorchia Ayu had been the National Chairman of the PDP, but Wike and his G-5 group want him out.

They emphasised that the party’s national chairman and presidential candidate cannot be produced in the North.

Wike and his supporters pushed for the National Chairman to be assigned to the South of the nation.

However, Wike said: “I have no problem with our presidential candidate. All I am saying is what is the interest of Rivers people? What is the interest of the South-South and the South?”

The governor said that he had never looked back on his decision to compete for the party’s presidential nomination.

“I don’t regret I ran for the presidency. In the name of God, I am happy to make Rivers State proud. I am happy as far I am concerned. If they had allowed it to be what it is supposed to be, I would have won the election. It has happened.

“People said because I lost the election, it doesn’t matter. I didn’t lose election. This is my first time of trying to run for office of the president of Nigeria and we made impact,” he added.