Ayodele Fayose, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former governor of Ekiti State, has accused Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of the party of “cashing out like a man struck and stuck with poverty”.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Fayose has been at loggerheads with the leadership of the PDP after his preferred presidential aspirant, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, was defeated by Atiku Abubakar at the party’s primary last year.
The former Ekiti governor is a staunch member of the influential dissident camp in the PDP, being led by Governor Wike, which wants Ayu to step down so he can be replaced by a nominee from the South of Nigeria.
The Wike camp contended that with the presidential candidate of the party being from the north, the party’s chairmanship position should be occupied by someone from the South, in line with the party’s age-long zoning convention.
All entreaties to the aggrieved camp, which has five governors in its fold, to shield its sword and support Atiku failed.
“’Almighty’ Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman even lost his Ward and Local Government to another party after cashing out like a man struck and stock [sic] with poverty.
“As it is now, PDP turning around to cry foul has no place with Nigerians. Not at all,” Fayose wrote on his verified Twitter handle on Monday night.
