Breaking : Ekiti PDP moves against  Wike,Makinde others on Ayu’s resignation ,backs Atiku 

The  People’s Democratic Party, ( PDP) ,Ekiti State has described calls for the removal of the National Chairman of the party Dr Oyorchia Ayu as unnecessary .
The party also  pledged its unconditional support for the presidential aspiration of the former Vice  President of Nigeria and the PDP  presidential candidate  ,Alhaji Abubakar Atiku .
The Ekiti State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Raphael Adeyanju ,in a release made available to the newsmen in Ado-Ekiti  argued that “any hardliner stance at this crucial stance can only lead to  a constitutional crisis and unnecessary litigation
The statement  said “these are avoidable distraction that must not be encouraged.  We are aware that the next party official that has the constitutional right to succeed Ayu will also come from the Northern section of the country,while major positions will have to be swapped between the Northern and Southern zones of the country. “
The party also passed a vote of confidence on the PDP National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu for providing credible leadership and direction for the party.
” The  Ekiti state chapter of the PDP, after a critical review of the interactive session of our Presidential Candidate,  His Excellency Abubakar Atiku with the party leaders and stakeholders of the party in the Southwest , in Ibadan on Tuesday,  is convinced that the   agitation for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman , Senator Iyorchia Ayu should be suspended in the best interest of the party.”
During the  stakeholders’ meeting,  the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde ,  who was the chief host had insisted that Ayu must step down for a Southerner to emerge as National Chairman , since Atiku, a Northerner is the party’s presidential flag bearer.
  The  Ekiti State chapter of the opposition party maintained that there is a great wisdom in  the former Vice President’s  response  that Ayu’s resignation must be done in accordance with the party’s constitution, rules, regulations and practice.
Adeyanju stated that:  ” Our party believes in the sanctity of our constitution, we must therefore do everything to maintain this sanctity. Any action that undermines the spirit of the party’s constitution at this crucial stage can only be considered as a deliberate attempt to sabotage the next presidential election
” If  we cannot respect our own rules, guidelines and constitution as a party how will Nigerians trust us to respect the constitution of the Federal Republic , if voted into the office?
“We appreciate the real concern of our zonal leaders and their determination to protect the interest of members  against any form of marginalization, but we must also consider the fact that we also have very few months to go into the election, with a ruling party as  our main opponent.
The PDP spokesperson explained that major changes can not be affected within the party structure without another national convention that will involve a lot of planning and money.
He said, ”  Do we have the time and the resources to go into another National Convention now?  How many party members currently holding executive positions will be ready to sacrifice their positions at this crucial period? Can you trust party members not to go into litigation over issues like these?
That is why  we wish to appel to all stakeholders to suspend all agitations till after the election.
“We are ready to kickstart Atiku’s campaign in Ekiti as soon as possible and we enjoin all our leaders to participate actively as it is obvious that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is the only candidate that unites our nation as this critical moment”

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