A former presidential aspirant and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sam Ohuabunwa, has said that Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, is only seeking justice and equity, and not trying to destabilise the party.
Mr Ohuabunwa stated this when he appeared as a guest on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday.
He spoke on the PDP crisis which has been since the party primary in May.
Governor Wike has been vocal in his demand for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu – a criterion he said must be met before he discusses giving support to Atiku in next year’s poll.
He has accused the PDP of betraying him and breaching its constitution.
Wike’s grievance is that both the presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the National Chairman, Ayu, are from the North.
Mr Ohuabunwa, who said he has been speaking with the Wike and Atiku’s groups in the party, stressed that the Rivers governor is seeking to correct the wrongs that were done in the PDP in the past.
“The truth is that Mr Wike is not crying wolves. He is demanding justice. He is demanding equity. And that is right for him to do,” he said.
He urged the party to see the merits in Wike’s position.
“I don’t think Mr Wike is impossible to deal with. He has shown that he is a team player when the team is a reasonable team,” he stated.
“I think that the party has finally come to understand the enormity of the crisis. The party seems to have woken up to the need not to allow this internal disagreement become a major albatross to its chances of winning elections,” the PDP chieftain said.