Five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who are at loggerheads with the party’s leadership were on Saturday again conspicuously absent at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Benin City.
The governors, Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), failed to show up.
The governors have so far failed to attend any of the rallies of the PDP since the campaign flag-off in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
Wike, who is regarded as the arrowhead, recently reiterated the demand for the resignation of the party’s national chairman, Ayu.
The longstanding call for Ayu’s resignation is because the national chairman and the presidential candidate of the party cannot be from the same region.
However, some members of the party had rejected the clamour, saying he can only step down after the presidential election in February 2023, if Atiku wins.
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