Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorcha Ayu has disclosed that his party is still a united family and on a rescue mission to deliver the country from its current problems.
Ayu who is at the centre of the crisis rocking his party, disclosed during the party’s presidential campaign in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.
He spoke to a massive crowd of supporters who had thronged the state to support the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, one of the top presidential hopefuls in the 2023 election.
Top PDP chieftains such as Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President, Governors Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom state, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state and the party’s vice presidential candidate, amongst others were present at the meeting.
Five PDP governors who have demanded the resignation of Ayu were not at the meeting. The governors are Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state, Emmanuel ortom of Benue state and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.
In spite of the division in the party, Ayu said the PDP is a united family with a spread a Ross the country, adding that the party will use its popularity to take back the country from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
He said, “Let me tell you that PDP is one big united family which includes all the whole of Kwara State. We are on our way back to victory.
“PDP has come back to rescue this country and put it back on the path of development for every family, for every young man, for every old person.
“We are a party for all; we are not a party for only one part of the country. That is why we selected a unifier, somebody who will bring everybody on board and make sure that we rebuild this country.”
Not a few insist that the party has been highly fragmented since it conducted its last presidential primary which produced Atiku in May this year, The situation may cost the party the presidential election, close watchers of politics in the country said.
