{"id":72838,"date":"2022-09-22T16:45:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T15:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdp-crisis-why-atiku-cannot-sack-ayu-dele-momodu"},"modified":"2022-09-22T18:18:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T17:18:35","slug":"pdp-crisis-why-atiku-cannot-sack-ayu-dele-momodu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-crisis-why-atiku-cannot-sack-ayu-dele-momodu","title":{"rendered":"PDP Crisis: Why Atiku cannot sack Ayu \u2013 Dele Momodu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has insisted that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, cannot sack the party\u2019s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu because he is not a \u2018tyrant.\u2019<\/p>\n

Momodu disclosed this while fielding questions on Arise TV\u2019s Morning Show on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Publisher of Ovation Magazine believes Atiku cannot sack Ayu because the former senator supported him.<\/p>\n

PDP has been witnessing a crisis since the emergence of Atiku as its 2023 presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

Crises erupted in the party when presidential candidate, Atiku, picked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate for next year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n

Governor Nyesom Wike has been aggrieved with PDP\u2019s leadership over Atiku\u2019s choice of a running mate.<\/p>\n

Atiku ignored Wike, who came second during the PDP\u2019s presidential primaries a few months ago, a situation tearing the party apart.<\/p>\n

Following his action, Wike called for the resignation of Ayu.<\/p>\n

The governor noted that the North could not produce PDP\u2019s presidential candidate and the National Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that the presidential candidate of PDP has every right to take decisions in a game of numbers that he thinks will favour him,\u201d Momodu said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moment we all agreed to participate in that primary election and videos, and that is one of the reasons I am here today talking on behalf of my party. We made promises that whoever emerges as our winner, we shall support, including Governor Wike, said.<\/p>\n

\u201d I will liken it to a game of football. A referee was believed to have compromised, so are you going to tell the winner if let say, Man United won the game? Will I expect Man United to be the one to help you remove the referee, it is difficult, that is the truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the team is your team, Chelsea cannot sack a referee. There is no way Chelsea can sack a referee. It is not the job of the winner to sack the referee that favoured him. Let\u2019s be fair to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. If, as he claimed, he was supported by Ayu, do you expect him to throw Ayu under the box?<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is only asking for, let us go in the right direction, to the right appropriate authorities who can make this happen. It is a constitutional issue. That is one of the reasons I respect Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. You cannot expect him to be a tyrant. The same people who said we need this, we need that, if he should do that, were the same people who will say he is not even president; he is hiring and firing.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is not the owner of the party, and every party member is important and if we love our party, we have only two options. Support your party if you don\u2019t love it, then state clearly that you don\u2019t want the party. But to insist that because of Ayu, the party must crash down, then I don\u2019t support that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has insisted that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, cannot sack the party\u2019s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu because he is not a \u2018tyrant.\u2019 Momodu disclosed this while fielding questions on Arise TV\u2019s Morning Show on Thursday. 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