Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on Friday described the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, as “very corrupt”, alleging he received N1 billion from one of the presidential hopefuls in the party.
“Ayu is very corrupt. I’m totally informed. Ayu has the opportunity to challenge me, I will name,” Wike said in an interview with Channels TV.
“Some of the governors can tell you. Will he deny the fact that he didn’t ccollect N1 billion from Lagos? Let him deny it, I will tell him who gave him the money not from the Lagos state government, the money was given to him in Lagos.
“He met one of the presidential candidates and told him that he’s not sure these governors may want to sponsor the party.
“That money did not enter into the account of PDP, but we are not attacking Ayu on that basis.”
The attack on PDP leaders is coming as a fulfilment of Wike’s promise to tell the public about the crisis in the PDP.
Wike said Ayu worked to see that he (Wike) did not emerge as the party’s presidential candidate instead of being neutral.
He also accused the PDP leaders of disregarding the zoning arrangements to favour themselves.
