PDP CRISIS: YOU'RE DANCING, CONFIDENCE VOTE WON'T SAVE AYU - WIKE MOCKS SECONDUS

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike mocked former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Uche Secondus on Saturday for celebrating the party's National Executive Committee's vote of confidence in his successor, Sen. Iyorcha Ayu.

Wike said no amount of confidence votes would save Ayu from being exiled from the position.

The governor disclosed this at a grand reception for over ninety defectors from various political parties into the PDP at the Isaac Adaka Boro Park in Port Harcourt.

According to him, Secondus is dancing and seemed to have forgotten history that it wasn't the first time a sitting national chairman was removed from office after a vote of confidence was passed on him.

Wike said, "I was watching, listening. They say there is one man called Secondus. They say he was dancing, celebrating that NEC gave their person a vote of confidence. He forgets history.

"Ask him, the same NEC through Aliyu Babangida, who moved a motion for vote of confidence supported by the same person, Ndudi Elumelu, they gave him a vote of confidence. What happened? He left the office.

"We don't fight and go back. If you like you can have as many as twenty votes of confidence, it's not my business. My business and my team is to make sure the right thing is done.

"And the right thing must be done, whether today or tomorrow. So let nobody worry him or herself. If you're dancing, come home and dance. Come and mobilise for the person you think will win the election."

Since the emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate in 2023, the PDP has been in crisis.

When Atiku chose Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate for next year's election, the party erupted into chaos.