The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu, has revealed that the Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, did not sue the party over its presidential primary conducted on May 29, 2022, in Abuja.
It was reported in some sections of the media Thursday that Wike filed a lawsuit against PDPpPresidential candidate, former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, the Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and the PDP over the party’s presidential primary.
Wike swiftly refuted the story in the early hours of Friday.
The PDP national chairman in a statement by his media adviser, Simon Imobo-Tswam, alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) filed the lawsuit.
Ayu, who described Governor Wike as “a strong committed party man,” hailed the Rivers state governor for promptly coming out to dissociate himself from the said “bogus desperate suit.”
Ayu advised the party faithful to be wary of APC’s divisive manipulations.
The statement partly read, “His Excellency, Governor Nyesom Wike, never took the party to court. It is the APC that did it. The first name in the case is a coordinator of the presidential candidate of the APC.
“We know very well that they don’t believe they can win any election. They have decided to divide you. But don’t let any APC manipulation divide you.
“They are the ones sponsoring false stories of the crisis in PDP. PDP has no crisis. It is a united party.
“Anyone who thinks they can come and brew crises here is deceiving himself. They should wait for us till next year. In February, we will show them that they are the ones with crises.
“I want to make this clear before people start saying: Oh, Wike took the party to court. Wike is a strong party man.
“And I am happy that he came out immediately to deny that he took the party to court. And very soon, the truth will be revealed because it’s a criminal thing.”
