PDP: Why I supported Ayu’s removal – Wike

Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has reaffirmed his claim that he would not shirk an invitation to testify before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) once out of office.
Regarding Dr. Iyorchia Ayu’s current struggles as the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) embattled national chairman, Wike asserted that the party will be stronger without Ayu remaining in the position.
The Governor argued that under Dr. Ayu, PDP lost its strength and lacked the kind of leadership that would have made it a formidable political force because the embattled national chairman was preoccupied with grabbing any personal gains he could.
The charge was made by Governor Wike on Wednesday at the Rumuigbo Civic Centre, which hosted the opening of the Rumuigbo Internal Roads in the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area.
The governor declared that he was unable to support Dr. Ayu because he was occupied with constructing a private university in Benue State with funds raised at party congresses rather than providing the PDP with strong national leadership.
We ought to have strong leadership, in my opinion. I am unable to support those whose only goal is to amass wealth.

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“I can’t support people when we held congresses and raised about N12.5 billion, only for that money to disappear two months later. And someone who has held office for a year is building a university, which I will not support.
Governor Wike explained to the party that the reason he is in favor of Dr. Ayu’s removal from office is because of her ineffective leadership style.
“For this reason, if we want to strengthen the PDP, that bloody criminal must be removed from office. I owe no one an apology. We will win this fight, as I have previously stated, as it will be our last.
When the internal roads project was flagged off in December 2022, governor Wike promised that he would complete it and inaugurate it, and that promise has been kept.
Asserting with good authority that he served the Rivers people credibly without also disappointing or embarrassing his kinmen, Governor Wike said he was satisfied with his performance in office.
He pledged to start more projects up until the stroke of midnight on May 28, 2023, without abandoning any that were already in progress.
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State opened the project and praised governor Wike for completing more projects for the Rivers people. He said that Governor Wike’s financial resources were not entirely to blame for this, but rather his dedication to improving living conditions for Rivers residents.
Governor Wike’s political cunning in ensuring that PDP in the State won the governorship, every State Assembly seat, three senatorial seats, and votes that supported his preferred southern president was also acknowledged by Governor Mohammed.
Dr. George Kelly Dakorinima Alabo, the Rivers State Commissioner for Works, described the project by saying that the roads are dispersed among 17 streets of various sizes.
He claims that they are 8.5 kilometers long and that they were delivered in just 5 months with no interference from the host community.

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George Ariolu, the chairman of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, mentioned the internal roads being opened in Rumuigbo in his welcome speech as proof of the Wike administration’s urban renewal program.
He thanked Governor Wike for being one of the few politicians to consistently deliver on initiatives that improved the lives of Rivers residents.