Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate Abubakar Atiku and his running Ifeanyi Okowa has held a closed door meeting with Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde during the on-going stakeholder meeting in Ibadan.
But Makinde, a close ally of Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike in his on-going feud with the Party’s chairman Iyorchia Ayu, said the only way for stability to return to the Party was for Ayu to step aside.
“We are asking the National Chairman to step down so that the South will be included. That is the message,” Mr Makinde said.
“The truth is that we do not have any issue either with our party or our candidate. If there are challenges, they must be tabled. We are supposed to give hope to our people, we want them to listen to us. Our party wants to rescue Nigeria, and our candidate is a unifier. He wants to restructure Nigeria
“Eight years of the All Progressives Congress have left us sharply divided. The issue is we must practice what we preach. If we want to unify Nigeria, we must unify the PDP first.
“If we want to restructure Nigeria, we must have the willingness to bring inclusivity to the PDP. Do we have the capacity? The answer is a resounding yes,” Mr Makinde said.
