Resign, PDP BoT Tells Ayu

By Adesina Soyooye

The Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, has asked the National Chairman of the Party to give a firm assurance of resignation.

In a resolution signed at the end of its meeting in Abuja on Friday in a bid to find a solution to the Party’s crisis, signed by the BoT Chairman, Dr Adolphus Wabara, Ayu was asked to give a firm assurance that he would quit office after the General Elections in 2023.

Resolution number four says that the BoT “Urged the National National Chairman as an eminent leader, to give a firm assurance that he will resign his position after the 2023 election. In the same vein, the BoT Chairman has been authorized to offer apologies on behalf of all members who feel maligned or aggrieved by the public statements made by its members nationwide that has sharpened the current division in the Party.”

Ayu’s resignation as the Chairman has been the bone of contention in the Party. The aggrieved Governors, led by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, insist that for peace to reign in the Party, Ayu must go because both the Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and Ayu are from the North. More important, they insist that Ayu had promised to stand down if the Presidential candidate emerge from the North. But since after the emergence of Atiku, Ayu has been singing a different song with the obvious support of the candidate and the National Working Committee of the Party.

He is insisting on his four-year tenure

The aggrieved Governors have since boycott all activities of the Party, including the flag-off of the Presidential Campaign held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State last week.

However, the BoT was silent  on if Ayu would still resign if it’s candidate loses at the polls.

Following is the text of the Bob’s resolution.

“Resolutions of the Board of Trustees (BoT)’s Meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), dated October 14, 2022.

“1.The BoT called on all Party Leaders and persons close to them to desist forthwith from making further inflammatory remarks or press interviews

“2. Called on the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum to convene a meeting of the forum without further delay.

“3. Called on all leaders of the Party to match words with action and where commitments are made to unconditionally fulfill same.

“4.Urged the National Chairman as an eminent leader, to give a firm assurance that he will resign his position after the 2023 election. In the same vein, the BoT Chairman has been authorized to offer apologies on behalf of all members who feel maligned or aggrieved by the public statements made by its members nationwide that has sharpened the current division in the Party.

“5. The BoT also called on the Presidential Candidate to review its membership of the Presidential Campaign Council, and other advisory appointments to make it all inclusive.

“6.Finally, the BoT will refer some of these recommendations for noting and appropriate action to NEC of the Party in due course.”