Minority Leader of the Ondo Assembly, Hon Rasheed Elegbeleye, has backed the call for the removal of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Iyorchia Ayu.
Elegbeleye said Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike was on the right path in the demand for the removal of Ayu.
He, however, said Wike would not leave the party.
Elegbeleye, who spoke in an interview in Akure, stated that it was wrong for the PDP to pick holes in the Muslim- Muslim ticket without talking about tribe and ethnicity.
He noted that Ayu had promised to resign if a presidential candidate emerged from the North
According to him: “Wike will never leave the PDP. He is not doing something that is wrong. Those of us in the PDP, we are campaigning against the APC based on the Muslim-Muslim ticket. When you talk of religion, we should also talk of tribe and ethnicity. Presidential candidate of the party is from north, Party chairman is from the north, the Board of Trustee is from the north. It will count a lot against the PDP in the south.
” Wike is not the problem in PDP. He is never the problem. The party has always won in River State before Wike emergence as Governor. Almost five or six Governors are in line with Wike. There are former Governors and party leaders. Wike is only their spokesman. They are not happy that the leaders have not taken proactive measures on the issue of the National Chairman.
The ruling party has not been doing well. They are only chasing the PDP members but many APC members are defecting to the PDP. Winning River State is not a problem to the PDP.”