Northern PDP Youth support Wike, embark on mass protest in Kaduna, demand Ayu must go

A coalition of the Northern Peoples Democratic Party Youth Movement, had on Friday embarked on mass protest, storming the PDP Secretariat in Kaduna, demanding the resignation of the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, as demanded by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and other southern PDP leaders.

Leader of the Youth Coalition, Shehu Isa-Dan’Inna, stated that they had been in PDP since 1999 without defection and had no plans to decamp even in the future.

He declared that for the PDP to win 2023 presidential election, the party Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, must resign from his position as he had promised.

Isa-Dan’Inna protested that for the PDP to project transparency as it had always done, the North should not hold about three key positions in the party.

According to him, “PDP is not a Northern Peoples Democratic Party nor Southern Peoples Democratic Party, we have to be just and united, to enable us to win at various levels in the coming 2023 general elections.”

Isa-Dan’Inna insisted that Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP national chairman must go, to fulfill the promise he made that he would resign immediately after the parties primary elections if a northerner emerged as the presidential flag bearer.

Isa-Dan’Inna said they were reminding Ayu to fulfill his promise because they were tired of opposition. He said the country needed back the PDP at the helms of affairs for overall wellbeing of Nigerians.

The protesters displayed placards with inscriptions: “Ayu Must Go”, “Ayu must step down”, “We need justice, and fairness for all”.

Leader of the Coalition of the Northern Peoples Democratic Party Youth Movement declared: “If the PDP’s internal crises persist, I don’t think we will win the presidential election.

“About six governors are fighting one governor; in the South we have about four presidential aspirants cut across different parties which will reduce our votes, and the ruling party again, which is strong.

“The other man is also so strong, we don’t want to divide our votes, that is why we are calling on Iyorchia Ayu to resign.

“It will be better and wise for us to loose Ayu as the PDP Chairman and clinch the President seat, than to leave him and loose the presidency.”

Isa-Dan’Inna urged the PDP Board of Trustees, National Working Committee and the PDP caucus to be just and fair in order to get the party to victory.

Isa-Dan’Inna said that “If Ayu should keep to his promise, victory will surely be ours and Nigerians will smile again, the party leaders must act to salvage Nigerians, we don’t want to continue suffering.”