BREAKING: Why Atiku can’t be trusted, Wike blows hot, says Ayu is very corrupt  

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has given reasons why he thinks the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, can’t be trusted in next year’s election.

Wike, in a media chat televised live on Channels Television, said Atiku made three promises which he has reneged in all.

He said immediately after the presidential primary of the PDP, Atiku visited him in his home in Abuja and said: “Ayu mus.t go.” Wike claimed that Atiku gave him the assurance on the ground that the north can’t produce the presidential candidate of the PDP and also retain the national chairmanship position.Wike also claimed that Atiku was the first person that broached the idea of making him his running mate.

Wike added that at their meeting with the PDP presidential candidate recently in London, Atiku told them that he had confronted Iyiorchia Ayu if he indeed said he would resign should the north produce the  presidential candidate of the PDP. He said Ayu confirmed that he made the pledge. He said Atiku assured them that Ayu would resign within a week. He said Atiku has not kept that promise.

Wike also slammed the PDP’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu,  claiming he is very corrupt.He alleged that Ayu collected millions in naira from some stakeholders of the party in Lagos on the pretext that governors of the party were not willing to fund the party. He said the money didn’t enter the account of the PDP.

Wike also alleged that a former minister of police affairs, Maina Waziri, was one of the arrowheads misleading Atiku. He said Maina Waziri lacks electoral value because PDP has never won his state, Yobe.

When asked what he would do if the party refuses to yield to his demand that ‘Ayu must go,’ Wike said “when we get to the bridge, we will know what to do.”He was further asked if he would direct his people not to vote the PDP in the presidential election, he responded: “don’t put words in my mouth.”

But he insinuated that his people might  vote the PDP in other elections apart from the president.