Monday, January 27, 2025 -Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed has asked the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike to resign from the Peoples Democratic Party over alleged anti-party activities.
Bala Mohammed, who accused the FCT Minister of already serving the
ruling party, All Progressives Congress’s interests, said it’s better for him
to join the APC officially.
He labeled Wike’s attempts to tarnish his reputation as desperate and
ineffective, stating that Nigerians can see through the minister’s alleged
facade.
The Bauchi governor, on Thursday slammed Wike,
calling him a “transactional politician” whose loyalty shifts with his personal
ambitions.
Reacting, Wike in a statement by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, tackled
Mohammed, accusing him of being a greedy politician.
Olayinka urged the governor to stop using the appointment of the
minister by President Bola Tinubu as an excuse for his “lack of capacity to
provide leadership as chairman of the party’s Governors’ Forum”.
But responding in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and
Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado, Mohammed who doubles as Chairman of the PDP
Governors’ Forum described Wike’s recent attack as reckless, deceptive, and
reflective of declining political relevance.
He accused Wike of a pattern of betrayal, citing figures such as Senator
John Azuta Mbata, Dr. Peter Odili, and Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi as victims of
Wike’s alleged treachery.
The statement further criticized Wike’s tenure as a “use-and-dump”
politician who contributed to internal crises within the PDP by orchestrating
the downfall of successive party leaders, including Uche Secondus and Iyorchia
Ayu.
“Let Nyesom Wike be reminded that while he lives in a delusional
self-created universe of seeing splits and factions in the PDP the party is
resolute and united apart from a few turncoats and quislings led by him who are
desperately committed to weakening it for the benefit of the APC whose willing
tool and favoured foot soldier he has become.
“Under Sen Bala Mohammed’s vibrant and visionary leadership the PDP
Governors Forum and the party’s core organs including the BOT are working
quietly and assiduously in cleaning the party of Wike’s treachery and perfidy.
“Such a path of perdition is not the portion of genuine PDP members who
are working tirelessly to retire the APC in 2027- the very party, with its
failed policies, that Wike has vowed to help win re-election in 2027.
“Wike’s antics cannot detract Bala Mohammed’s record. His outburst is
the desperate cry of a man whose political relevance is fading.
“The time for noise making is over; it is time for governance. Let Wike
reflect on his conduct and do the honorable thing: RESIGN AND ALIGN FULLY WITH
THE APC he so eagerly serves. Until then his words will remain as hollow as his
loyalty,” the statement reads.
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