Spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign, Dino Melaye has said some of the aggrieved G5 governors of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP are still going to work for the party ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Since the 2022 Presidential primaries, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP has been known to yet come to a mutual agreement.
The PDP has been enmeshed in crisis following the refusal of the national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu to resign as demanded by the G5 governors led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
Wike and his allies argue that the presidential candidate of the party and the national chairman can not come from the same region.
Melaye made this assertion in an interview on Channels TV’s Politics on Tuesday concerning the matter: “Above all, by the grace of God at the end of the day, we may not get everybody together. We can not get everybody together. But, some of these governors are still going to work for their party.
“If you see in Benue rally yesterday, Gabriel Suswam, the immediate past governor of Benue state, before Governor Wike and the other governors, before Ortom, he made it categorically that they are going to support Atiku and the party from head to toe.
“Senator Abba Moro and Governor of Abia when talking in Makurdi also made it clear that he is support the PDP from head to toe.” Melaye added.
Recall that Melaye earlier criticised Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom for saying he will not support the presidential ambition of the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Melaye was reacting to Ortom’s disposition that he would not support a Fulani man to become the nation’s president due to atrocities of the Fulani in Benue State.
Melaye also further said “Everybody has the right to support any presidential candidate of their choice. But it is unfair for Governor Ortom to put the blame of criminalities of Fulani herders going on in Benue State on the lap of our presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.”
He further said, “I also condemn the attacks and killing of people in Benue, but this has nothing to do with Atiku Abubakar.”