NEC Member Reveals PDP Leaders Response To Wike’s Request To Join Tinubu’s Government

NEC Member Reveals PDP Leaders Response To Wike’s Request To Join Tinubu’s Government

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Executive Committee has confirmed that the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, informed the party’s leadership about his decision to accept a position in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. However, the party leaders did not take an official position on the matter. The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, and an anonymous source also corroborated this information in an interview with PUNCH.

Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, had emphasized that he sought the consent of top PDP leaders before accepting a position in the government led by the All Progressives Congress.

Responding to allegations of betraying his party, the PDP, Wike stated, “They said they will sanction me for accepting an appointment. That’s ridiculous. The President wrote to all 36 state governors to submit names for appointments. Didn’t PDP governors also submit names?”

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“Before this appointment came, I wrote to the (PDP) National Chairman. I wrote to the minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate. I wrote to the zonal chairman of the party and my state chairman.

“I wrote to my governor and all of them wrote me back and said ‘accept.’ I have my evidence documented. Forget these reggae dancers. I call them reggae dancers because when you have lost your opportunity, you have lost because of arrogance and impunity.”

In the meantime, members of the PDP National Executive Committee confirmed that Wike notified the party of a ministerial offer to serve in Tinubu’s cabinet through a letter addressed to the party’s acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum.

Abdullahi revealed in the interview on Friday that Wike sent a letter to PDP’s acting chairman before accepting Tinubu’s offer.

He added that in the letter, Wike informed Damagum that he was going to “respond to President Tinubu’s clarion call” and requested approval.

He was quoted by saying: “Before he accepted the appointment of the governing party, Governor Wike decided to accept the offer after informing the party. In other words, he had written to the party stating his position. But the party did not respond to him, whether to confirm its approval for him to accept the appointment or for him not to take the position. What we just did was to keep mum and watch events.

“In the letter he wrote to the party, Wike explained that he was going to answer the clarion call by the President and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Therefore, the party has not taken a position as to whether or not that will be in its interest.”

When asked why the party kept mum on the issue, the party’s deputy spokesperson said, “Because we were indifferent. The letter was just to inform the party. You can tell from the wording in the letter that his mind was made up. He routed the letter through the PDP Vice Chairman, South-South, Chief Dan Orbih, to the acting national chairman, explaining that this is the time to shun party affiliation to work for a united and prosperous Nigeria.”

Also, a member of the said, “Wike wrote all those he listed, including Damagum.

“They cannot deny it; they were all informed. He informed them that Tinubu wanted to form a government of national unity and competence and he gave him a ministerial offer.”

Responding to a question on whether the party gave him approval, the source said, “I’m not aware, but to be honest, can any of these people tell him not to accept the offer?”

The Deputy National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Timothy Osadolor, has once again emphasized his demand for the expulsion of the minister due to what he described as anti-party conduct.

He pointed out that the youth wing of the party is of the belief that there should be no exceptions, and that allowing persistent anti-party behavior within the ranks would convey the wrong message to committed party members.

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