PDP crisis: Atiku has no power to remove Ayu – Campaign council

The Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation has said its principal has no power to remove the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu.

The spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Charles Aniagwu said that PDP as a national party was committed to the ideals of freedom of speech and expression as guaranteed by the Nigerian constitution, adding that individuals in the party were exercising their democratic rights and helping to widen the democratic space.

Aniagwu said, “Atiku is a man of character who keeps his words if he says look we are going to run a government that will rescue Nigeria he knows that for him to do that, every segment of the society must be carried along and that includes our brothers and sisters in South West.

“You heard the Presidential candidate when he said he doesn’t have any problems with individuals asking Ayu to step down but that for us to do so, we must also not look at the principles of the end justifying the means, we must also look at the processes that will lead us to the end in which case we need to bring to bear the provisions of the constitution of the PDP.

“I asked the question, does Atiku Abubakar have the power to remove Ayu? No, he doesn’t have that power. And as a man who believe in the rule of law, he is not going to do that.”