The National chairman of opposition People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) Senator Iyorchia Ayu has been asked to resign from his position by party stakeholders over zoning, Oyogist reports.
According to sources, the stakeholders urged Senator Ayu to step down, as the national chairman and the presidential candidate could not come from the same zone.
They equally revealed that during the meetings with PDP governors that led to his selection as national chairman, Ayu was made to sign an undertaking that if the presidential candidate emerges from the North, he will resign from his position to allow a new national chairman from the South.
Ayu had previously stated that he was ready to make sacrifices to ensure the PDP won in 2023 and would step down if the party asked him to do so, while speaking with newsmen shortly after his emergence as national chairman.
