Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has challenged the leadership of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, to suspend or discipline him.
Wike mentioned this during an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday.
The immediate previous governor of Rivers State and a member of the main opposition party, the PDP, was sworn in as FCT minister a few days ago by President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
In response to the criticism he received upon his appointment, Wike stated that he informed the PDP leadership before accepting President Tinubu’s cabinet offer.
Wike, however, said he has not seen any PDP chieftain that will suspend him from the party.
When asked “Are you afraid that your party might move against you or expel you?”
Wike replied: “Who is the party? Who are the PDP people? How can anybody talk about expelling me? A State that brought a governor, a State that brought three senators, a state that produced 32 members out of 32 House of Assembly and produced 11 out of 13 House of Reps.
“The person that would suspend me is the one that couldn’t produce a governor, is the one that couldn’t produce senators and Assembly?
“Look, I have not seen that person with all due respect. I should be the one calling for their discipline for violating the party’s constitution.”
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