‘PDP Should Give Wike National Chairman Position To Resolve Crisis’

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Anietie Okon, has advised the party to give Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State the national Chairman position to appease him.

Naija News reports that the loyalists of Governor Wike have insisted that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, must resign from his position.

In their call for reconciliation of the crisis rocking the party, the Wike camp asked the party to allow the Rivers Governor to choose Ayu’s successor.

The supporters made these demands ahead of the meeting of a six-man committee comprising representatives from the camps of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Wike.

Speaking in an interview with Vanguard over the weekend, Okon said that the chairman position was the only thing that will solve the feud between Wike and Atiku.

The former lawmaker said the Rivers governor has what it takes to strengthen the party ahead of the 2023 general elections, adding that Wike would accept the chairman position if given.

He said: “The PDP should give governor Wike National Chairman position to placate him. That is the only solution to the crisis in the party. I know Wike has the capacity, he has what it takes to strengthen the party ahead of the 2023 elections.

“As a South-South caucus member of the PDP, I am confident that the PDP will be stronger under Wike as the national chairman because of his wealth of experience and his leadership qualities. He is a widely accepted leader.

”I know he will not disappoint the party when given that position. The party needs a leader like Wike because he has what it takes to ensure that PDP is properly positioned PDP to win the election”

Speaking further, Wike disagreed with some prominent Nigerians that elders in the country were silent on myriads of problems bedevilling the country.

He said, “They are not silent, they are talking. But most of them appear to have given up. They don’t believe in this government to tackle insecurity in the country.

“It is obvious that Buhari’s government cannot fix the problems of Nigeria. From the beginning, I knew that the government lacks the capacity to provide governance. When you talk about insecurity, economy, and Education the APC government has failed Nigerians.

“So many people who supported Buhari in 2015 to come to power cannot say a word today. But I knew from the beginning that the man doesn’t have anything to offer us”