BREAKING: Wike Clashes With Wabara For Asking PDP BoT To Compel National Secretary Anyanwu To Resign (DETAILS)

BREAKING: Wike Clashes With Wabara For Asking PDP BoT To Compel National Secretary Anyanwu To Resign (DETAILS)

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has conveyed that the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacks the authority to meddle in the contentious matter surrounding the party’s national secretary position.

Mr. Wike articulated this stance in a letter directed to the acting Chairman of the PDP BoT, Adolphus Wabara. In a prior correspondence to the National Chairman, Umar Damagun, Mr. Wabara, a former Senate President, urged the National Working Committee of the PDP to press Samuel Anyanwu to step down as the national secretary of the party due to his simultaneous candidacy for the governorship position in Imo State.

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Mr. Wabara contended that Mr. Anyanwu’s failure to resign as secretary and focus on his election constitutes a moral lapse and goes against the provisions of the PDP constitution. However, Mr. Wike, a PDP member presently serving as a minister in the APC administration led by President Bola Tinubu, maintained that the decision regarding the party’s national secretary would be determined by the geopolitical region to which the position is allocated, and not by the BoT.

“Your Excellency, permit me to observe with respect that the Board of Trustees (BOT) lack the moral authority to intervene on the issue of who occupies or should occupy the Office of the National Secretary of the Party.

“This is more so as the BOT was unable to use its good offices as the conscience of the party to intervene in the crises that engulfed the party in the 2023 general elections when officers of the party blatantly violated the constitution of the Party.

“Secondly, the Ag. Chairman of the BOT is reminded that the issue of who occupies the position of National Secretary of the Party is beyond the BOT’s sphere of authority and influence. Indeed, if and when a vacancy occurs, the responsibility of deciding who and how the vacancy will be filled is that of the entire Southern States to which the position was zoned and not only the South-east geopolitical, as your letter under reference appears to be suggesting,” Mr Wike said in the letter.

“Thirdly, I noticed that your letter was copied to H.E. Rt. Honourable Emeka Ihedioha, CON, ostensibly in his capacity as ‘former Governor of Imo State’. This is not correct as you will recall that in 2020, the Supreme Court of Nigeria nullified Hon. Emeka Ihedioha’s election as Governor of Imo State. By the Supreme Court’s pronouncement, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha was never elected Governor of Imo State and ought not to have been so copied. To do otherwise will amount to dressing him in borrowed robes, which will not do him and the Party any good.

“Finally, I wish to appeal to Your Excellency and the entire BOT to eschew crises capable of derailing the party’s preparations for the governorship election, which is less than 30 days away. This is the only way the party can present a common front needed to win this crucial election.

“While anticipating that my observations will guide you and the BOT along the path of honour, please accept the assurances of my highest regards and consideration,” he said.