The Peoples Democratic Party has revealed plans to remove the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, from its ranks.
The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, disclosed that a committee has been constituted to investigate allegations of anti-party activities against the former Rivers State governor.
Abdullahi stated that many PDP members now believe the party would fare better without Wike.
Speaking during an interview on Arise News, Abdullahi emphasized the party’s determination to move forward without members perceived as obstacles.
“The last time I checked he [Wike] was still a member of the PDP; he hasn’t come out to denounce his membership of the PDP. And he’s coming with some disadvantages as many have observed… probably, [the PDP would be better off if he had left],” Abdullahi remarked.
He further explained, “To be honest with you, those who stand against the chances of the PDP or have been doing things that would not promote the interest of the party are not necessarily within the PDP and as a party anyone who would clog the progress of the party is better off out of the PDP so that the PDP would hold itself together to be able to bring back that democratic hope for Nigeria. So, certainly, if Nyesom Wike is not going to be to the advantage of the PDP which many argued, he can also bid the PDP farewell and stand wherever he is.”
Abdullahi stressed that no single individual defines the PDP. “Certainly the PDP will not have just one person, not a single person that has that capacity to put the PDP into shame. Whatever they’ve done, we’ve put a committee in place which we’re still reviewing, to deal with those dissenting voices, those who have taken another decision and done things that would amount to anti-party and Wike is said to be one of them from the number of petitions we’ve received. Once the committee comes up with its decision in that line [of firing Wike from the party] certainly there’ll be no stopping us from doing so. We’ll get rid of them.”
