As the disagreement in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continues to threaten the fortunes of the party ahead of the 2023 general election, Oraye St Franklyn, a former aide of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, has said that his former boss is defending the interest of Southern Nigeria.
Governor Wike and other PDP chieftains from the South and Middle Belt had on Wednesday pulled out of the PDP’s presidential campaign council, citing the refusal of the party’s national chairman to resign and ensure equity in the party’s leadership.
Speaking on the issue confronting the party in Port Harcourt Wednesday, St. Franklyn said that Atiku Abubakar cannot continue to undermine the South with his candidacy.
According to him: “Irrespective of his shortcomings, history will be kind to Gov. Wike and all those defending the interest of Southern Nigeria. We say a big no to hegemony of whatever kind. Nigeria is made of North and South and power must rotate between the two”.
The lawyer and a media consultant said that the former vice-president has also smeared the interest of the South in the party.
He said: “Atiku cannot undermine the South with his candidacy and also go ahead to smear the interest of the South in the leadership of the Party. Thankfully all these things are working together for Peter Obi and Nigeria’s good”.
