Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has leveled new allegations against Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu.
Mr Wike spoke during a live media chat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday.
He accused Mr Ayu of receiving double pay for a single party project.
Wike said, “If we release what we have, Ayu’s children will go to him and say we are no longer your children.”
In September, the Rivers governor accused the PDP national chairman of accepting a bribe of N1 billion from a PDP presidential aspirant from Lagos ahead of the party’s primary in May.
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Mr Wike explained why he believes Mr Ayu has yet to respond to the allegation. “There cannot be any comment. He (Ayu) cannot say anything.
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“In fact, let me also tell you, Ayu collected N100 million from a governor that he was going to renovate our democratic institute and then he (Ayu) went back to the (PDP) NWC and took the same N100 million naira for doing the same work.”
The governor challenged Mr Ayu to deny it and he would reveal more details about the double pay.
“A leader must be a man of integrity. You are presenting a man (Ayu), the chairman of the party, who has no integrity to be the one to lead the campaign to take the reigns of governance,” he added.
Mr Wike, during the Friday media chat, claimed that Mr Ayu promised to relinquish his position if a presidential candidate of the party emerges from the north, and not when the candidate wins the general election to emerge president.
