Nobody Can Force Ayu Out, Says Atiku
IN his reaction to the decision, on Wednesday, September 21, by some members aligned to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to pull out of his and indeed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, the party’s president candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in a statement, said nobody can force its National chairman, Dr, Iyorchia Ayu, to resign.
According to the statement: “Now, our nation is currently in the throes of multidimensional crises encompassing insecurity, economic meltdown, disunity and mutual mistrust and educational dislocations, to mention a few. I have a plan to address these issues and I have, graciously, been given the ticket to lead our great party in next year’s presidential elections, with the singular mandate to come and lead the efforts to cure these ills.
“It is in this light that I have reached out to every single member of our great party to join me in the massive undertaking required to reset the ship of state and help rebuild our country.
“Every single person who loves this country, as I do, is needed for the arduous tasks that face us ahead as a nation, and this includes every member of the PDP. And it is my fervent hope and prayer that every man and woman of goodwill will join hands with us to help rebuild and reposition our beloved country.
“In this light, therefore, I will urge those members of our party that have stated their resolve to withdraw from the Presidential Campaign Council to rethink, retrace their steps and join us in these efforts.
“The above notwithstanding, and for the sake of our country, our children and those yet unborn, we must not, for one minute, shirk in our responsibilities to rebuild this beloved country of ours.
“Accordingly, we must forge on with the task and the mandate that we have been bestowed with. It is time, therefore, to move on with the formidable tasks of nation-building ahead of us.”
