PDP’s refusal to sanction Wike, a wrong signal – Bwala, others
PDP’s refusal to sanction Wike, a wrong signal – Bwala, others
The spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party 2023 presidential campaign council, Mr Daniel Bwala, has said the party may have itself to blame if it fails to address alleged anti-party activities by former Rivers State Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
Bwala, in an interview with Sunday PUNCH in Abuja on Saturday, said many party chieftains were waiting to see how the party’s leadership would handle Wike for his deeds and utterances against the party.
He said, “When I said Wike is being used by President Bola Tinubu to weaken the PDP in order to push for a one-party state, some people dismissed it. If the leadership of the PDP does not urgently deal with Wike, PDP chieftains nationwide will form a coalition with Labour Party, other parties and some All Progressives Congress elements from the North-West to form an indomitable party that would wrestle power from the APC; that is if the Supreme Court agrees with the PEPC judgment.”
Similarly, the Director of Research and Planning in the Campaign Council, Pedro Obaseki, told our correspondent that the leaders of the party had expected Wike to show remorse.
He said, “The leadership of our party must come out in defense of the PDP. Before now, many of us had thought that Wike would realise the errors of his ways and show some remorse. Mistakes can be made and the man can be forgiven for his deeds against the party. However, Wike’s continuous utterances have shown that he is not repentant about all he did against the PDP and it is about time he is told that no individual is bigger than the party.
“I am not an official of the party but I was a campaign consultant to the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and that stands me in a vantage position to speak on this matter. Wike must be told that there are consequences for going against the provisions of the PDP constitution. If the leadership of the party fails to speak up, they would be sending a message to people with the mind of Wike that there are exceptions to rules within the party.”
Also, a leader of the PDP, Borno State Chapter, Mustapha Shehu, noted that the exit of Wike from the party was certain, adding that the court injunction which previously made his dismissal an impossible task was no longer valid.
“There are plans within the party hierarchy to discipline Wike but a few of them have been benefited from Wike and are slowing down the process,” he added.
Wike had boasted that nobody in the party could discipline him, and that he should be the one calling for sanction against those who violated the party’s constitution on zoning.
