Makinde to Atiku Abubakar: Ayu must go

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has insisted that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu must resign from the post.

Makinde, who spoke at the South-West PDP stakeholders’ meeting with the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar in Ibadan on Tuesday said that the opposition party must practice what it is preaching.

According to him, if PDP must unify Nigeria, it must first unify its rank and file, even as he insisted that the position of the national chairman should come to the south for equity.

He said: “The truth is that we do not have any issue either with our party or our candidate. If there are challenges they must be tabled.

“We are supposed to give hope to our people; we want them to listen to us. Our party wants to rescue Nigeria and our candidate is a unifier. He wants to restructure Nigeria.

“Eight years of APC has left us sharply divided. The issue is we must practise what we preach. If we want to unify Nigeria, we must unify PDP first.

“If we want to restructure Nigeria, we must have the willingness to bring inclusivity to PDP. Do we have the capacity? The answer is resounding ‘yes’.

“The message from South West PDP is the South-West is asking that NWC of PDP should be restructured. We are asking the National Chairman to step down so that the South will feel included. That is the message.”