Amid the Internal crisis rocking the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and Former governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike, has sworn to remain in the Party, to maintain his ground and fight for his principles, even if it means standing alone.
Wike who was addressing journalists on Wednesday, 21 August , 2024 to mark his one year in office as the FCT Minister waded off every rumour flying around that he was defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The FCT Minister declared, “I don’t run away from any fight. I will stay there, I will fight it out. Who am I going to run from? The vampires? I cannot do that!”
He stated that his appointment by President Tinubu, was not an antecedent to leave the PDP, rather, he said it was a testament to his belief in Tinubu’s ability to address the country’s challenges.
He said: “I will not leave PDP even when the fight at home (Rivers state) and at the national gets tougher. I will fight to the last. I am not prepared to join the APC. I have said it and I want to repeat it again. The work I am doing here was handed over to me by the president. And I am focused on achieving the task before me.
“I will not fold my arms and allow the party I have suffered for over the years to continuously do injustice to members. I will not accept that.”
Wike’s reaction comes a day after the PDP Board of Trustees declared support for Siminalayi Fubara, amid the ongoing face-off between Wike and his successor, Fubara.
There have been speculations that the Former governor may leave the PDP due to an ongoing internal crisis in the party, particularly against him.
Earlier, Chief Edwin Clark, a former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader, called on the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ambassador Iliya Damagun, to expel Wike from the party to save it from destruction.
Clark had in a letter addressed to Damagun urged him to curtail the activities of the Minister whom he asserted was using his closeness to Presidency to intimidate the current Governor of Rivers State Siminalayi Fubara and the party.
In the letter, he said “I am writing to bring to your attention the activities of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Nyesom Wike, who is using his closeness to President Bola Tinubu to intimidate the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the party.”
“I cannot stand by and allow the minister to continue to hound the governor. If we do not stop him, the matter will consume him, Wike, and their cohorts.”
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