Tobi Adebayo
The Southern National Working Committee members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ,on Wednesday, staged a walkout on the party National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, over his refusal to resign.
ThisNigeria reported on Tuesday that the PDP NWC and National Caucus were set to meet over the crisis rocking the party and to broker peace between Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
However, southern members of the commitee led by the party’s deputy national chairman (South), Taofeek Arapaja, walked out on Ayu during the meeting that commenced early Wednesday afternoon.
It was learnt that the walkout was as a result of Ayu offering to step down for a committee of the whole NWC to be led by the Deputy National Chairman (North), Umar Damagum, in the quest to make peace between Atiku and Wike.
It was also gathered that some members of the NWC had blamed Ayu for escalating the party crisis with his provocative actions/comments.
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The meeting, however, came to an end shortly after the walkout.
ThisNigeria reported that seventeeen gubernatorial candidates of the party had paid a visit to Wike in his Port Harcourt residence on Tuesday evening.
The meeting, it was learnt, was part of efforts to resolve the crisis between the Rivers Governor and Atiku.
