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  • All the Gbas Gbos of Nyesom Wike and Iyorchia Ayu’s Civil War

    If Nyesom Wike wasn鈥檛 the governor of Rivers State, we can totally see him as a party hypeman. From performing diss tracks with his live band to taking relentless stabs at the People鈥檚 Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Wike has done it all. Wike鈥檚 beef with Atiku started after he lost the PDP […]

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    If Nyesom Wike wasn鈥檛 the governor of Rivers State, we can totally see him as a party hypeman. From performing diss tracks with his live band to taking relentless stabs at the People鈥檚 Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Wike has done it all.

    Wike鈥檚 beef with Atiku started after he lost the PDP presidential ticket to him and didn鈥檛 get selected as his running mate.

    Wike鈥檚 fight isn鈥檛 with Atiku alone, but also with the PDP鈥檚 national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. The governor has repeatedly demanded Ayu鈥檚 resignation as a condition to secure his support for Atiku鈥檚 campaign. For Wike, not getting his way is equal to wahala for everybody.

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    For weeks, Wike was the only one running his mouth over the resignation issue, but Ayu has been firing back his own shots recently. Let鈥檚 look at the biggest highlights of the gbas gbos between the two senior men.

    鈥淗ow dare you stop PDP candidates from contesting elections?鈥

    Wike gave it hot to Ayu after the national chairman hinted he has the almighty power to on the party鈥檚 platform. He was really referring to Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, who鈥檚 Wike didn鈥檛 like the threat and to try him.

    Wike said, 鈥淚 heard when he said he could have stopped Ortom from running for election. You see how ungrateful human beings can be. This was the same Governor Ortom who pleaded with us to allow Ayu to become the national chairman.

    鈥淭his is a man who never campaigned anywhere. This is a man who never bought a form or a poster. Even the money they gave him to print posters, he never printed any posters. Now he is saying he can stop the man who brought him, who became his guarantor.鈥

    鈥淎yu collected 鈧︹赌1 billion in Lagos鈥

    Wike also won鈥檛 let us hear word about how Ayu is corrupt and has repeatedly accused him of the .

    He said, 鈥淎yu is corrupt. Quote me. I鈥檓 a lawyer and I鈥檓 the governor of Rivers State. Ayu collected 鈧︹赌1 billion in Lagos. He told one of the PDP presidential aspirants before the primary that the governors weren鈥檛 ready to fund the party.鈥

    This was when Ayu started and push back against Wike by denying the allegation. He said, 鈥淭he consistent attack on my person since the end of the convention on May 31. I have refrained from reacting as the father of the party I felt I should encourage reconciliation. But where it touches on my personal integrity, I appeal to such people to desist from trying to malign my character.鈥

    He promised to show to publish the party鈥檚 account statement by the end of the year to prove his innocence. But why wait that long?

    鈥…his children will disown him鈥

    As if the 鈧1 billion issues weren鈥檛 enough, Wike also accused Ayu from a certain governor. And this is the point where Wike dragged Ayu鈥檚 children into the mess.

    He said, 鈥淟et me tell you Ayu collected N100 million from a governor. If not for the love of this party, if we release what we have, Ayu鈥檚 children will go to him and say we are no longer your children.鈥

    Wike is clearly too committed to this feud to quit and there鈥檚 no going back for him at this point.



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