South-West stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have demanded the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu.
Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, conveyed the demand of the region at a stakeholders’ meeting in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state attended by PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and other party stalwarts held at the popular Theophilus Ogunlesi Hall, University Teaching Hospital, UCH, Ibadan.
Makinde at the parley said, “Our party wants to rescue Nigeria and our candidate is a unifier. He wants to restructure Nigeria,” he said.
“Eight years of the All Progressives Congress have left us sharply divided. The issue is we must practice what we preach. If we want to unify Nigeria, we must unify the PDP first.
“If we want to restructure Nigeria, we must have the willingness to bring inclusivity to the PDP. Do we have the capacity? The answer is resounding yes.
“The message from the south-west PDP is that the south-west is asking that the national working committee (NWC) of the PDP should be restructured.
“We are asking the national chairman to step down so that the south will be fully included. That is the message.”
Responding Atiku said, “We cannot do anything outside our constitution except if it is amended. We cannot do anything unless the laws are amended.
“Ayu must go through our constitution, rules, regulations, and our practice, otherwise we cannot give the kind of leadership Nigerians want.
“It is possible, it is achievable, we have done it before and we have started doing it again.”
