The 2023 crisis roiling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) drew more fuel and fire on Friday, as the embattled national chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, responded to the Bribe taking allegations levied against him by the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike.
Ayu debunked Wike’s claims, noting that he never collected N1billion from anyone Governor.
In his words, “I felt I should encourage reconciliation. But where it touches on my integrity, which even my own family members are brought into play.
“I appeal to aggrieved people to desist from trying to malign my character or bringing my family into party affairs
“I never collected any money as an individual, adding that monies also received on behalf of the party were duly remitted to the PDP treasury”.
He, however, noted that a governor of the party donated N100m for the renovation of the PDP’s Democratic Institute, and the money has not even been exhausted as the renovation is ongoing.
It would be recalled that Wike during a live media chat on Friday, in Port Harcourt accused Ayu of syphoning N1billion meant for the party.
According to the governor, Ayu cannot defend these allegations that he never collected N1bn from a governor.
He went further, “If people know what we know, if we release what we have, Ayu’s children will go to him and say we are no longer your children.”
“Let Ayu say he did not collect N1 billion. In fact, let me also tell you, Ayu collected N100 million naira from a governor that he was going to renovate our democratic institution and then he (Ayu) went back to the PDP NWC and took the same N100 million naira for doing the same work.”
