‘Calm, Articulate And Brilliant’ – Ayu Lists Considerations For Okowa’s Selection As Atiku’s Running Mate

‘Calm, Articulate And Brilliant’ – Ayu Lists Considerations For Okowa’s Selection As Atiku’s Running Mate

Ahead of the February 25 election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, stated that the “calm, articulate, and brilliant” demeanor of Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa was considered for his selection as the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

Aside from Okowa’s disposition, the PDP national chairman stated that the party’s national leadership decided to “reward” Delta with the hotly contested position following the party’s presidential primary in May 2022.

Ayu made the remarks while inaugurating the Ogheye Floating Market in the state’s Warri North Local Government Area on Wednesday.

He also accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of regressing Nigeria by 50 years and urged residents of the state to vote out the APC in the upcoming presidential election.

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“The destruction that the APC government has done in this country has taken us back 50 years. And we need to recover and rebuild our country; we can’t do it without your support,” he said.

“When we recognised as a party, the sterling contributions of Governor Okowa – his character as a calm, articulate and brilliant young man, we, the leadership of the party decided that Delta State has to be rewarded because Delta State has produced several outstanding governors and this one (Okowa), in particular, we felt should be promoted upstairs and therefore, we selected him with the approval of our presidential candidate as the next vice president of Nigeria.”

Following the main opposition party’s presidential primary last year, Ayu has been at the center of a crisis.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar won the primary, with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike coming in second. Permutations abounded in the aftermath of the primary that Atiku would choose Wike as his running mate, but in a surprising turn of events, the PDP candidate settled for Okowa, who is regarded by some party stalwarts as less powerful than the Rivers governor.

Following the incident, Wike and four other PDP governors, known as the G5 or the Integrity Group, demanded Ayu’s resignation, citing “justice and equity” within the party.

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