Why I Rejected Atiku’s Suggestion To Take N1bn Loan – Ayu
By Naomisophy blog
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, disclosed yesterday that he rejected a suggestion from the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to take a loan of N1bn.
According to Ayu, the idea was, however, rejected.
He made the remarks in reaction to claims by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State that he collected N1bn from a presidential aspirant, Ayu on Friday said he never collected N1bn from anyone.
Ayu explained that when he assumed office as the chairman and needed to raise money for the party, he did;t take money from the party as suggested by Atiku.
He said he refrained from commenting on Wike’s allegations against him to avoid public altercations that could complicate matters for the party.
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Wike had in a media chat on September 23 accused Ayu of collecting N1bn from a presidential aspirant, which according to him, aided the emergence of Atiku as the party’s presidential candidate.
“Can Ayu deny that he did not collect N1bn from Lagos? He told one of the
PDP presidential aspirants before the primaries that the governors were not ready to fund the party,” he said, claiming that he knew “how the money was arranged and those involved in packaging the money. He N1bn; let him come out to tell Nigerians (that) it is not true and I will reveal more,” Wike said.
