Spokesperson of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has urged the Ogun State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ladi Adebutu, to concentrate on his “shaky ambition” instead of sinking with the embattled national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu.
Ugochinyere, who is the PDP House of Representatives candidate for Ideato Federal Constituency in Imo State, described Adebutu’s outburst against party chiefs calling for Ayu’s exit as misplaced.
It will be recalled that Adebutu recently urged the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and other party members to leave the party if they cannot work with Ayu.
Wike and five other PDP state governors as well as some other leaders of the party, including Chief Olabode George, and Ugochinyere have been calling on Ayu to resign in order for a new national chairman to emerge from another zone.
But Adebutu said party members against Ayu can either abide or leave to go and form their own party.
Reacting to his position in a statement on Sunday, Ugochinyere said only enemies of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and his ambition will insist that Ayu should remain in power despite the outcry against him.
While describing Adebutu’s utterance on the matter as unwarranted, the opposition coalition spokesperson warned him that party politics is different from sports gambling which is his area of specialisation.
He added that leaving his governorship campaign to insult party chieftains because of Ayu has portrayed Adebutu as a joker who is not capable of handling a governorship position.
