The fight between Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state with his faction (the G5 governors) and the PDP which was initially personal against the removal of Iyorcha Ayu is just a clash of ego; nobody wants to let go of his ego for the sake of peace and progress of the party and this clash of ego is about to cost them their presidential bid.
In all these, it is Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential flag bearer of the party that will bear the brunt, and that begs the question; what is Atiku Abubakar and his team doing and have been doing to resolve this fight between the G5 governors led by Wike against the PDP led by Iyorcha Ayu or does he by any stretch of the imagination dream that he can win the presidential election without the support of 5 major PDP governors?, whoever is giving the go-ahead is actually deceiving him, because having followed elections in Nigeria critically, I can make the bold assertion that without the supports of those governors, He Will Not Win.
If it is the ego that is stopping him from approaching Nyesom Wike and listening to his demands then the ego wants to rob him of another chance of him becoming the president of Nigeria; if it is because he (Atiku) shares a personal relationship with Iyorcha Ayu, hence why he won’t support his removal as the party national chairman, then his is not ready yet to be the next president of Nigeria and he just wants to waste his money again for campaigns and come back to repeat the process in the next four years
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In all fairness, despite the fact that Governor Nyesom Wike might have a personal vendetta against Iyorcha Ayu, the national chairman of the PDP, what Wike and the rest four governors are demanding is the right thing and it is what the PDP constitution provided for; “Equitable and just representation of every region in the party structure”.
The presidential flag bearer and the party national chairman must not come from the same region; since the presidential flag bearer in the person of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is from the northern region, it is only equitable, just, and fair that the party chairman comes from the southern region and not also the Northern region, hence why Iyorcha Ayu should resign to give room for a southerner to take over the leadership of the party. This is the core demand of the G5 governors and other aggrieved members of the party in their camp.
Other party members were dismissive of this fight which was started by Wike, that Wike will come to terms and back down, but there is every indication that Wike is not backing out of the fight anytime soon until his demands are met and he has been able to successfully sell this fight to other four governors and has gathered a lot of followers out of the PDP who has joined him to chant and demand in one voice that “Iyorcha Ayu must resign”.
Let us even assume that Wike has personal grievances against Ayu, hence why he is calling for his resignation, can we also say that the rest four governors who have also joined the Wike camp also have a personal issue against Ayu?, especially a governor like Seyi Makinde of Oyo state, who unwaveringly stated that he does not mind sacrificing his re-election bid for the second term as the governor of Oyo state, he just want the right thing to be done, which is the equitable representation of all region in the party structure.
The PDP in all indications has shown that they are not ready for this election, they just want to put up a show and waste money again. When they are ready Nigerians will know, they need to first put their house in order if they really mean business.