…Threatens to reveal more
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, accused the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Iyorchia Ayu, of corruption, alleging that he collected N1bn from one of the partys presidential aspirants in the lead up to the primary election.
The Rivers State governor levelled the allegation yesterday, during a media chat yesterday.
Wike said, Ayu is corrupt. Quote me. I am a lawyer and I am the governor of Rivers State. Ayu collected N1 billion in Lagos. He told one of the PDP presidential aspirants before the primary that the governors were not ready to fund the party.
Continuing, he said, I know how the money was arranged and those involved in packaging the money. He collected the N1 billion. Let him come out to tell Nigerians it is not true and I will reveal more.
Wike said Ayu was calling aspirants to withdraw for Atiku, saying, “I was there, Saraki and others were there. He manipulated the delegates. There was nothing Ayu did not do to ensure Wike didnt emerge. A whole national chairman threatened some of the presidential aspirants at that time that if Wike wins, he was going to resign, he further claimed.
The Rivers State governor also noted that he was aware of the moves by the Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, to become the vice-presidential candidate of the PDP.
Wike equally revealed that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, offered him a senatorial ticket of the party after the PDP presidential primaries, but that he turned down the offer.
The Rivers governor said he rejected the ticket offer from the APC presidential candidate due to his loyalty to the opposition party, and his commitment to ensuring that PDP returns to power during the 2023 election in the country. According to him, he contested the presidential primaries because he wanted to be the candidate and that is why he didnt buy a senatorial form.
