Monday, September 2, 2024 -The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has formally summoned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to appear before its newly established Disciplinary Committee to answer to the several petitions written against him accusing him of participating in anti-party activities.
The Deputy National Publicity
Secretary of the PDP, Ibrahim Abdullahi, revealed this during an appearance on
Channels TV on Monday September 2.
Wike stirred the hornet nest when he
threatened to cause problems in the state of governors backing his successor,
Sim Fubara, in their ongoing power struggle over the control of the PDP
structure in Rivers State.
Speaking at a PDP state congress in
Port Harcourt on Saturday, August 31, Wike defiantly stated;
“Let me assure you, not while we live, will
anybody take away the PDP structure from us. Let me tell you people; I hear
that there are some governors who said they will take away the structure and
give to somebody. I pity those governors because I will put fire in their
states. When God has given you peace, you said you don’t want peace; whatever
you see, you take.”
Reacting to Wike's comment, Abdullahi
revealed that Wike is one of those whom party members have written petitions
against for alleged anti-party activities, adding that the committee “has
written him a letter inviting him over,” to appear before them.
“We have received petitions with
regards to anti-party on those sabotaging the party all through the primaries
leading up to where we are today. Those petitions have been aggregated across
the country. Nyesom Wike is one of the persons expected to face that committee
which is headed by no less a person than High Chief Tom Ikimi.”
He said the current party leadership
should be hailed for “being able to navigate the waters by not sanctioning
people without giving them an opportunity of a fair hearing” as against what
happened under the immediate-past national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu.
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