Briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt, Governor Wike argued that the party’s NWC does not have the power to suspend Fayose.
The governor also faulted the decision of the NWC to summon the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, to appear before a disciplinary committee for a similar allegation of anti-party activities.
Wike said the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, is the one who should be suspended for refusing to obey the constitution of the party on zoning of political positions.
He added that Ayu also failed to deliver his polling unit and political ward during the just-concluded general elections, alleging that Ayu has just begun the mother of all political wars.
Meanwhile; Former Governor of Ekiti State Ayo Fayose has described his suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party by the Senator Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee of the party as the last kick of a dead horse.
The PDP had sanctioned Fayose and several others for anti-party activities.
But in a swift response through his spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, the ex-governor said, Ayu and his cohorts are only entertaining themselves with the purported suspension as their latest comedy skit.
According to him, in a matter of days, the inglorious tenure of Ayu as the PDP national chairman will become history and the party will enjoy a new lease of life.
Fayose argued that he and others who stood by the party when Ayu and his cohorts left it to die, would rescue and give it life in due course.
The reaction comes after a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, announcing the suspension of several party members, including ex-Senate President, Pius Anyim; Professor Dennis Ityavyar, Aslam Aliyu for anti-party activities.
The suspension takes effect from yesterday, March 23, 2023.
