The spokesman for Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Olisa Ifeajika, stated on Monday that if five disgruntled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors endorse a presidential candidate other than Atiku Abubakar, appropriate action would be taken against them.
Ifeajika made the remarks during a press conference in Asaba on Monday.
Ifeajika responded to the aggrieved governors’ call for the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, to resign, saying that no law requires Ayu to resign because Atiku is from the north.
He also stated that Ayu can voluntarily resign from office and will not be forced to do so by the governors.
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his allies have urged Ayu to resign over northern dominance in key positions within the party.
Ifeajika, speaking on the call for Ayu to resign, said;
In Rivers state where Wike holds sway as Governor, the Governorship candidate is from Rivers South and the Chairman of the party in the state is also from Rivers South.
We didn’t see Wike tell the party Chairman to step aside because a governorship candidate emerged from the same senatorial district with him.
It becomes germane if Atiku emerges President and the party Chairman remains in office. There is no law that compels Ayu to resign because the North has produced the Presidential candidate unless he decides to step aside of his own volition.
One would have thought that having pursued the agitation without yielding results that they will beat a retreat but if they go ahead to endorse another candidate aside from the PDP Presidential candidate, appropriate steps will be taken.
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