PDP: I have no issue with Atiku but Ayu must resign – Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says he has nothing against the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.

The aggrieved PDP chieftain said that despite losing the presidential ticket to Atiku, he has no personal grudge against him.

Wike made this known in Port Harcourt when he received some chieftains of the state to mark his 55th birthday.

He, however, noted that the only solution to the crisis rocking the party is of the North steps down as National Chairman of the party.

Wike and his G-5 group have been agitating for the removal of Iyorchia Ayu as the National Chairman of PDP.

They stressed that the North can’t produce the party’s National Chairman and presidential candidate.

Wike and his group demanded that the National Chairman be zoned to the Southern part of the country.

However, Wike said: “I have no problem with our presidential candidate. All I am saying is what is the interest of Rivers people? What is the interest of the South-South and the South?”

The governor also noted that he never regretted running for the party’s presidential ticket.

“I don’t regret I ran for the presidency. In the name of God, I am happy to make Rivers State proud. I am happy as far I am concerned. If they had allowed it to be what it is supposed to be, I would have won the election. It has happened.

“People said because I lost the election, it doesn’t matter. I didn’t lose election. This is my first time of trying to run for office of the president of Nigeria and we made impact,” he added.