The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced his withdrawal from all previous agreements aimed at resolving the lingering crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), vowing to fight on until justice is served.
In a strongly worded statement titled “PDP Crisis: My Position”, personally signed and released on Sunday, Wike laid bare a series of events and internal disagreements that have deepened divisions within the party. He accused Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, of being the “architect” of the PDP’s current woes, citing a pattern of broken agreements and backdoor scheming.
Wike lamented the party’s descent into what he described as dishonesty and mistrust, particularly among key stakeholders. “Since after the 2023 general election, PDP has been wantonly swinging from one part of a slippery precipice to another, owing fundamentally to dishonesty and lack of trust,” he stated.
According to the former Rivers State governor, several high-level reconciliation efforts had been made, including a G5 meeting in Lagos and an expanded session in Abuja involving Governors Makinde, Bala Mohammed, Umaru Fintiri, and former Senate President Bukola Saraki. Despite reaching some resolutions — including reaffirming Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s National Secretary in line with a Supreme Court judgment — Wike alleged that key actors had continued to violate the agreements.
He accused Makinde and Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, of colluding to destabilize the party’s internal structure. “Makinde had connived with Peter Mba to orchestrate a meeting of South-East leaders with the aim of rejecting Anyanwu if Ude Okoye was not adopted as Secretary,” he said.
Wike also took issue with the aborted North-Central zonal congress in Jos, which INEC boycotted due to procedural irregularities — particularly the unauthorized signing of invitation letters by the Deputy National Secretary instead of the recognized National Secretary.
“These actions are not only provocative but also damaging to the credibility and unity of the PDP,” he said. “I have worked tirelessly for this party since 1998 and contributed significantly to the electoral victories of some of these governors. Yet, I have made no personal demands in return.”
With growing discontent over internal politics and what he sees as repeated breaches of trust, Wike declared his decision to disengage from any further reconciliation efforts.
“I have now firmly decided to pull out of all agreements hitherto reached. I have decided to fight on until justice is attained,” he concluded.
The latest development marks a significant escalation in the internal rift threatening the cohesion and future of the main opposition party.
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