…says party will use all legal means to rebuild party
Leadership of the Kabiru Turaki-led National Working Committee NWC of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, declared that Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, had again exposed his real intentions to cripple the party, ahead of the 2027 Presidential election, by restating his support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu
In a statement on Monday, Ememobong Ini, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, said Wike’s confession has also ” confirmed the basis for his expulsion from the PDP, over anti-party activities.”
Wike had, in the end-of-year Media Chat over the weekend, reiterated his support for, and in fact declared that he is the “Number one supporter” of the President, who was unanimously adopted as the All Progressives Congress APC Presidential candidate, ahead of the 2027 election
Despite being expelled from the party, the FCT Minister and former Rivers State Governor had, during the Media Chat, insisted on remaining a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, to enable him to effectively carry out his plans from inside the party.
The party noted that ” this fact, which he has unashamedly reiterated in several places, is nothing less than a locus classicus of anti-democratic adventurism”
The PDP also recalled that the attitude of Nyesom Wike is not new, describing him as “a constant agent provocateur in the political space, creating trouble to mask his selfish intentions.”
According to the party, ” Since he assumed power as Governor in Rivers State in 2015, Wike has been a recurrent troublemaker in the leadership of the PDP.
“From the Sheriff era, where he was a forerunner in the Sheriff-for-National Chairman movement and later turned to fight and remove Sheriff; later he championed the Uche Secondus-for-National Chairman movement (in fact, he granted a very combustible interview that polarised the party just before the convention) and then was the same person fighting to remove Secondus”.
The PDP also noted that the same Wike led the movement to produce Iyorchia Ayu as National Chairman against the advice of many party leaders, and so soon thereafter, it was Wike again who led the Ayu-must-go struggle.
“Beyond the national leadership crises, his actions within Rivers State further illustrate this pattern.
“The imposition of candidates, internal exclusionary practices, and the unprecedented prevention of a duly nominated PDP presidential candidate from campaigning in a PDP-controlled state remain troubling departures from democratic norms.
“Wike’s politics thrives on perpetual conflict, feeding on attention and seeking relevance through calculated disruption and when starved of attention, seeks to destroy everything”
The party noted that through the interview, Wike betrayed “obvious signs of fear of losing the attention of the President, his slipping grip of Rivers State, and his frustration with the unbending nature of the true leadership of the PDP at the national level.
“The cumulative effect of these actions is a deliberate creation of tension and division, often deployed as leverage to advance narrow political objectives
“Recent public statements and alignments now make clear that Wike and his group of friends have openly chosen to work against the PDP’s collective interest in favour of an opposing political platform.”
The PDP declared that the “mask of his pretence is off and he has stated that he and his group of friends (Sam Anyanwu and co.) will support the President and the APC in the Presidential elections, Nigerians are now clearly aware of their disposition to destroy the PDP as a part of their bargain to support the President-a clandestine agreement reached for their selfish reasons”.
The party reminded Wike that as a lawyer, he knows that agreements made to achieve an illegal purpose are not enforceable and should not be encouraged.
The party also assured Nigerians that the PDP would field a credible Presidential Candidate who would receive the massive support of Nigerians and would go on to win the Presidential elections in 2027.
“Our party is the Peoples Democratic Party, and no one person has the capacity to personalize the party.
“The Kabiru Turaki-led National Working Committee is working around the clock to rebuild the party, clear the issues in court, and prepare the party for electoral success come 2027.”
