ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, yesterday, dared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he was ready to engage in a fight with party leaders . He vowed that would not leave the party despite calls by some bigwigs that he should be shown the way out.
The Minister gave the revelation while speaking at a media parley yesterday, marking his first anniversary in office.
He said: “I don’t run away from any fight. I will stay and fight it out. Who am I going to run from? The vampires? I cannot do that.”
He said though he might stand alone, he would never run away from fight, until the constitution of the PDP is followed accordingly.
When asked if he might leave the PDP, Wike said: “Anyone who knows me knows if I wanted to join the APC, I would do it openly. I’ve never hidden my stance, and I won’t start now. Integrity is very important.”
He ruled out any plans to reconcile with his predecessor in Rivers State, Sim Fubara, vowing to recover the state in 2027.
The former Rivers State Governor said the PDP won in Rivers State in 2015, 2019 and 2023 because he stood his ground.
“I wasn’t a bad person when I championed for an Ijaw man to be governor but I have become a bad person because there are issues. There is nothing Clark has not said but I vowed never to respond.
“In leadership, everything must not be smooth; I had my own crisis when I was there. Did I blame anybody? I faced the crisis squarely. When I was there, you all saw what the Federal Government did to me. Did I accuse any ethnic group? No.
“If you are in a leadership position, you should be able to stand and face the crisis, that’s what politics is all about. Sometimes, it will be good and at other times, it won’t be rosy.
“He spoke about southern president, which I supported. He spoke about power rotation to the South; which I believed in. So, what crime have I committed?” he queried.
In an open letter, Clark accused Wike of using his influence with President Bola Tinubu to intimidate the Rivers State Governor, Fubara, and the PDP.
In the letter he addressed to the PDP acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Illiya Damagum, on August 20, 2024, Clark said the National Working Committee (NWC) must take a decisive action against Wike to save the party. He also said something has to be done to tame characters who see themselves to be above the law, before they will grow too monstrous to be tamed.
Clark said: “The purpose of this open letter, therefore, Mr. acting National Chairman of PDP is to call on you to immediately set up a probe panel/committee to probe members like Nyesom Wike, and if found guilty, to face the appropriate sanctions as prescribed by the party’s constitution.
“It is not the setting up of a reconciliation committee under the chairmanship of Maj. Gen. Oyinlola, with whom when I discussed, asked him whom he is reconciling, because the G-5 members have disintegrated.
“While the Governor of Oyo State, who was a member of the G-5, has retraced his steps back to his party fully, and today leader of the party in the South West, the other three are floating about.
“To urge you to also purge yourself of all malfeasance. As Acting National Chairman of your party, you took your party’ s NWC to court on the defection of the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.”
