Since HE Wike and his team has pulled out of PDP's presidential campaign council and are calling for Ayu resignation as the only avenue for the simmering crises to vaporize,PDP and Atiku has to call Wike bluff because it is clear from Wike team body language that they won't support Atiku in the presidential election sothere's no need shooting itself in the foot by Ayu's withdrawal.
If PDP should lose,then let them lose, Wike or no Wike,PDP remains.
A repeat of 2014/15 is replaying.
PDP fielded GEJ against the tide ( cry for a president of nothern extraction)
HE Amaechi the then Rivers state governor and his team of G-7 governors instigated Bamangar Tukur resignation and they ported to APC even after their demands were met
Same scenario is playing out today.
If Ayu resigns Wike and other southern PDP leaders won't work for Atiku.
Wike must stop removing PDP chairmens at will
In 2006, Both PDP presidential candidate and National chairman was from the north. Heaven did not fall

Confirmed!

I’m loving the wahala in pdp

Aiel123:
Since HE Wike and his team has pulled out of PDP's presidential campaign council and are calling for Ayu resignation as the only avenue for the simmering crises to vaporize,PDP and Atiku has to call Wike bluff because it is clear from Wike team body language that they won't support Atiku in the presidential election sothere's no need shooting itself in the foot by Ayu's withdrawal.
If PDP should lose,then let them lose, Wike or no Wike,PDP remains.
A repeat of 2014/15 is replaying.
PDP fielded GEJ against the tide ( cry for a president of nothern extraction)
HE Amaechi the then Rivers state governor and his team of G-7 governors instigated Bamangar Tukur resignation and they ported to APC even after their demands were met
Same scenario is playing out today.
If Ayu resigns Wike and other southern PDP leaders won't work for Atiku.
Wike must stop removing PDP chairmens at will
In 2006, Both PDP presidential candidate and National chairman was from the north. Heaven did not fall

Let's look at the topography of the battlefield. It's not against this person or that


But for Tambuwal stepping down dying minute, means the party chairman must know about it. and that Okowa betraying the southern presidency accord held in his backyard means that if Wike and his group aren't fighting the way they have been doing, Atiku, Okwa, Obaseki and the likes would continue witht he ideology that :

The South doesn't matter

The South can build party and all of that, but when it comes to electioneering period, we the North will use money, fame and influence to buy the platform


It will mean the South must use t's financial resources to build, while the North can come and hijack after its full maturation. Before now, what has been Atiku's financial contribution towards the party in the past years outside electioneering period?


It would mean that Southern people, politicians and Christians do not matter or have a say at all and are second class citizens and soubjects of the north. So, the fight is a fight not for just personalities involved but for ideologies, patterns, systems and by extension a fight for the popularity and longevity of Southern weight in the political battle field


If you think Wike is wrong, name two governors nationwide that have bold outward popular standing with Okowa. In the end, it looks like Heaven is making other parties run mad to clear the way for Peter Obi. This is the only logical explanation that exists, aso behind the stvpidness of BAT choosing Shetimma. Or, does the choice of Shetimma make sense to anyone?



Look at this scenarios. Tambuwal chairman PDP Governoship forum, Party chairman, Also Atiku caucauss. If Atiku is allowed to escape with it, he has also captured the party's inability to produce a president of another extraction in four years. means fulni spends eight years and another fulani 8 years. Making 16 years. They can't continue to make the south work for the north. That's what this fight is about. The southeners are not tools for the development of the northern block. Simple as ABC

Aiel123:
Since HE Wike and his team has pulled out of PDP's presidential campaign council and are calling for Ayu resignation as the only avenue for the simmering crises to vaporize,PDP and Atiku has to call Wike bluff because it is clear from Wike team body language that they won't support Atiku in the presidential election sothere's no need shooting itself in the foot by Ayu's withdrawal.
If PDP should lose,then let them lose, Wike or no Wike,PDP remains.
A repeat of 2014/15 is replaying.
PDP fielded GEJ against the tide ( cry for a president of nothern extraction)
HE Amaechi the then Rivers state governor and his team of G-7 governors instigated Bamangar Tukur resignation and they ported to APC even after their demands were met
Same scenario is playing out today.
If Ayu resigns Wike and other southern PDP leaders won't work for Atiku.
Wike must stop removing PDP chairmens at will
In 2006, Both PDP presidential candidate and National chairman was from the north. Heaven did not fall

obasanjo was the president in 2006

frank14011991:
obasanjo was the president in 2006

An outgoing president... What difference does it make?
PDP now is in opposition. And they need their very best to battle incumbency power of APC.
It's not like Ayu won't resign; but it will be after the election.
Any thing short of this is disastrous.

At least for the beauty of the drama, both parties should not agree

IamBlessed12:




Let's look at the topography of the battlefield. It's not against this person or that


But for Tambuwal stepping down dying minute, means the party chairman must know about it. and that Okowa betraying the southern presidency accord held in his backyard means that if Wike and his group aren't fighting the way they have been doing, Atiku, Okwa, Obaseki and the likes would continue witht he ideology that :

The South doesn't matter

The South can build party and all of that, but when it comes to electioneering period, we the North will use money, fame and influence to buy the platform


It will mean the South must use t's financial resources to build, while the North can come and hijack after its full maturation. Before now, what has been Atiku's financial contribution towards the party in the past years outside electioneering period?


It would mean that Southern people, politicians and Christians do not matter or have a say at all and are second class citizens and soubjects of the north. So, the fight is a fight not for just personalities involved but for ideologies, patterns, systems and by extension a fight for the popularity and longevity of Southern weight in the political battle field


If you think Wike is wrong, name two governors nationwide that have bold outward popular standing with Okowa. In the end, it looks like Heaven is making other parties run mad to clear the way for Peter Obi. This is the only logical explanation that exists, aso behind the stvpidness of BAT choosing Shetimma. Or, does the choice of Shetimma make sense to anyone?

Okowa betrayed no South!!
Provide evidence or remain still forever.
It's not just about Ayu now. Wike and co want the party chairman slot .
Now tell me if you're an Atiku will you concede such important position to an Aggrieved arch rival?

Let's see how he will win without them them.

Aiel123:

Okowa betrayed no South!!
Provide evidence or remain still forever.
It's not just about Ayu now. Wike and co want the party chairman slot .
Now tell me if you're an Atiku will you concede such important position to an Aggrieved arch rival?

omowolewa:
At least for the beauty of the drama, both parties should not agree

Seconded.
AYU removal will cause upset among Atiku's faithfuls in the north
On the other hand, AYU not resigning won't help matters in the South.
It is obvious: PDP is PROGRAMMED to FAIL

TrackerXL:
Let's see how he will win without them them.

Contesting is one thing, winning is another...
It's not as if PDP is going to win in the first place
This crises has polarized both the southern and northern caucuses of the party.

Aiel123:

Okowa betrayed no South!!
Provide evidence or remain still forever.
It's not just about Ayu now. Wike and co want the party chairman slot .
Now tell me if you're an Atiku will you concede such important position to an Aggrieved arch rival?

which one is more profitable? Loose the chairman and become president or maintain the chairman and say bye bye to president.

Aiel123:

Seconded.
AYU removal will cause upset among Atiku's faithfuls in the north
On the other hand, AYU not resigning won't help matters in the South.
It is obvious: PDP is PROGRAMMED to FAIL

Is our God not wonderful?All things works well for them that love God

Aiel123:

Okowa betrayed no South!!
Provide evidence or remain still forever.
It's not just about Ayu now. Wike and co want the party chairman slot .
Now tell me if you're an Atiku will you concede such important position to an Aggrieved arch rival?

Oga, are you Thomas?

Gunayo:
which one is more profitable? Loose the chairman and become president or maintain the chairman and say bye bye to president.

AYU resignation doesn't correlate with Atiku winning the presidential election.

Gunayo:
Oga, are you Thomas?

Thomas?
Are you asking for my identity or is it an allusion?
If it's identy, I'm not Thomas or you wanted to say "Judas"?

Aiel123:

AYU resignation doesn't correlate with Atiku winning the presidential election.

Really?

Aiel123:

Thomas?
Are you asking for my identity or is it an allusion?
If it's identy, I'm not Thomas or you wanted to say "Judas"?

You are a doubting Thomas.

Gunayo:
Really?

Yes...read Wike's body language tell me what you see.
Wike know that should Atiku win the presidency,he will be sidelined in the party ( even if his camp produces party chairman)

Aiel123:

Yes...read Wike's body language tell me what you see.
Wike know that should Atiku win the presidency,he will be sidelined in the party ( even if his camp produces party chairman)

Atiku can't win without Wike and his team support.

Gunayo:
Atiku can't win without Wike and his team support.

I know that true but that support isn't guaranteed even If Ayu resign now do you see why PDP and Atiku are in a tight corner
What assurance do they have that Wike and co will support Atiku and not sabotage if PDP should concede the chairmanship slot to them?
It's just a matter of trust

I align 100% with the OP's submissions.

Aiel123:

I know that true but that support isn't guaranteed even If Ayu resign now do you see why PDP and Atiku are in a tight corner
What assurance do they have that Wike and co will support Atiku and not sabotage if PDP should concede the chairmanship slot to them?
It's just a matter of trust

true talk but at least it would have been better than not having their support at all. They will still support Atiku even if they didn't give him 100%. If l was Atiku, l would have agreed since and get the power and use it to control the party as l want.

Gunayo:
true talk but at least it would have been better than not having their support at all. They will still support Atiku even if they didn't give him 100%. If l was Atiku, l would have agreed since and get the power and use it to control the party as l want.

it's not up to Atiku now
He said today that Ayu must resign on his own volition and that nobody can force him to do otherwise.
The ball is in Ayu court... Atiku can only appeal to him to back out... it's still Ayu decision to make.

Even if ayu resigns, wike will not work for atiku

fergie001:
I align 100% with the OP's submissions.

Interesting. Let me hear your informed stake

Agboriotejoye:

Interesting. Let me hear your informed stake

You cannot have your cake and eat it.

Wike said he is fighting for Southern Solidarity but his nominee in the Ortom Committee voted for the Presidency to be thrown open to everyone when the sentiments for the SE was strong. He brought Secondus when the Chairmanship was zoned to the SW and said it cannot be micro-zoned. Seeing Secondus is pro-Atiku, he chased him out like a rat and now wants to take out Ayu again. He doesn't own the PDP. Who chooses the PDP State Chair in Rivers? He has been calling names and locking businesses of people he believes are not in his camp. He was hailed back then.

We have not forgotten in a hurry how Wike was attacking everyone including Saraki, Atiku, Tambuwal, even Obi before the Convention. He lost fair and square, he should rest. The PDP Constitution is clear, the Deputy National Chairman (North), Damagum from Yobe State becomes Ag PDP Chair once Ayu steps down today, so where is the Southern whatever he is talking about. Is he saying the PDP should override their Constitution?
Will Atiku also force Damagum to step down like Ayu again?
Let the whole NWC go down and they said NO,only Chairman.

Atiku will lose more if Ayu leaves... In the SS (Diri, Okowa and perhaps Obaseki, if his faction wins at the SC) are with Ayu, Udom is on the fence and has keyed in. Adeleke is pro-Ayu. The Govs who are in Wike's Camp submitted names for the Campaign Council but today, have pulled back.

Do you think with all the vituperation, Wike will campaign for Atiku? How will he do it. Why do you want the Chairmanship to be zoned to you amongst other demands. He wouldn't work for Atiku, it's a lost cause. We saw his look in 2018 when Atiku was announced in PH, he doesn't like Atiku and has never hidden it. He is simply bringing the house down and intends to fully control everywhere. Will what he is doing be tolerated in Rivers PDP?
He can't even do much now with Obi getting territories.

Wike is as hypocritical as Atiku, there are no Saints here. Was he not one of the people who said Jonathan only had a 'gentleman agreement' and not written and urged Jona to vie in 2015? Was Atiku not one of those who expectedly backed the 'gentleman agreement' call then? He has a set of demands and his target is Atiku, Ayu is just the shield that won't let it happen.

Ortom can't do anything like using the Ward to suspend Ayu. He is the most vulnerable PDP Gov today, he is in soup. Of all the PDP Govs, Benue is the likeliest to fall in the Guber. To fight a proxy war by taking out Ayu will make him lose even further.

It's a cul-de-sac, the NEC has spoken. Party Supremacy like they say follows suit. it will get interesting in the coming days and we are here to enjoy it.

Aiel123:

Okowa betrayed no South!!
Provide evidence or remain still forever.
It's not just about Ayu now. Wike and co want the party chairman slot .
Now tell me if you're an Atiku will you concede such important position to an Aggrieved arch rival?

Lol. You're Ika. Lol

Aiel123:

An outgoing president... What difference does it make?
PDP now is in opposition. And they need their very best to battle incumbency power of APC.
It's not like Ayu won't resign; but it will be after the election.
Any thing short of this is disastrous.

We must be honest in our assesments of issues...were they stupid when before the elections they said he would resign if the presidential candidate emerges from the north?? Ayu himself said it, this was one of the precondition for his coronation cos he was selected and not elected or they were not aware of the constitution then?....

Dishonesty will take us nowhere, you claim you want to win elections and change the country yet you are deploying every dishonest means necessary to do that.

Someone that clearly went back on an agreement when they seem to be at the weaker point will now agree to resign when theircandidate wins and has the upper hand??.

All this blantant deceit and dishonesty, seems like a lot of people think others are fools...but they were nowhere to be found when the party was in tatters.

Wetin consign me self, I don comot hand for PDP presidential elections matter since self. Let them continue the ego games, let's all see how it plays out.

Aiel123:

Okowa betrayed no South!!
Provide evidence or remain still forever.
It's not just about Ayu now. Wike and co want the party chairman slot .
Now tell me if you're an Atiku will you concede such important position to an Aggrieved arch rival?

What are you saying that its not about the south and Okowa did not betray the south, was he not in the southern governors meeting held in his state where they agreed on the presidency coming to the south and he signed up, and never opposed it? Because of his selfish quest for power he went back on it.

What is wrong with the Wike camp wanting the chairman??, When he almost single handedly funded the party when this same so called leaders abandoned it Una no talk anything, the same Atiku ran away to Dubai....

Majority of the PDP governors are from the south and the major governors in the south are in this group so tell me again, what exactly is wrong if their camp want the chairmanship? Are they not the leaders of the party in their respective states??

Aiel123:

I know that true but that support isn't guaranteed even If Ayu resign now do you see why PDP and Atiku are in a tight corner
What assurance do they have that Wike and co will support Atiku and not sabotage if PDP should concede the chairmanship slot to them?
It's just a matter of trust

You can accuse Wike of anything but not of him going back on his word...why do you think the governor's and people with him have remained despite the risk of loosing relevance...if Atiku's camp did the needful, Wike would have fought for Atiku with everything he has, it's all about balancing interests.

VERDA:


What are you saying that its not about the south and Okowa did not betray the south, was he not in the southern governors meeting held in his state where they agreed on the presidency coming to the south and he signed up, and never opposed it? Because of his selfish quest for power he went back on it.

What is wrong with the Wike camp wanting the chairman??, When he almost single handedly funded the party when this same so called leaders abandoned it Una no talk anything, the same Atiku ran away to Dubai....

Majority of the PDP governors are from the south and the major governors in the south are in this group so tell me again, what exactly is wrong if their camp want the chairmanship? Are they not the leaders of the party in their respective states??

What will you do assuming you are Okowa and you are picked as VP to a northerner?
Reject the nomination?
Meanwhile Okowa wasn't the delegates that voted Atiku so how come he betrayed the South?
Oh Delta delegates voted Atiku...but when you minus the 25 delta delegates from Atiku's votes and add it to Wike own it won't in any way affect the outcome.
Wike took the south for granted prior to the primary when he openly lambasted bigwigs in the Southern caucus.
It's not just Ayu... it's a battle in preparation for 2027 and maintain relevance.
This crises won't end as no team is ready to call a truce...
Wike was the chief cause of it
He schemed out Secondus just for his presidential ambition he can't keep removing chairmen like their are something to be tossed around