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By Abiola Olawale
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing a threat of another internal crisis as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, has issued a stern warning, insisting that Dan Orbih must be allowed to be the party’s National vice-chairman, South South geo-political zone.
Wike, who confirmed that while the PDP is free from crisis following the exit of those he called “buccaneers and vampires”, the party is at the risk of plunging into further turmoil if the South-South congress which alleged produced Dan Orbih is not upheld.
Wike insisted that the outcome of the recent South South Zonal Congress of the party, which produced Chief Dan Orbih as its National Vice Chairman, must be accepted to stave off another round of crisis.
He said, “I said I was going to remain in the PDP, and that was why I said the right thing must be done. I will not leave this party which I have done everything for, for the buccaneers and vampires. If I had not. If I had left the party, the buccaneers and vampires would have remained in PDP to come and collect the ticket.
“Well, it is over for now because there are still some things remaining that I have told them they must do. One is our South-South Zonal Congress, which we must uphold. There is no two ways about it. During our South-South Zonal Congress, the acting National Chairman claimed that the PDP governors were not in support of that zonal Congress. Where are the PDP governors today?.
“Our Congress was held in Calabar and there is nothing anybody can tell us. If they want another round of crisis, so be it. That Congress must be. Chief Dan Orbih emerged as National Vice Chairman. The courts allowed Congress to hold. Congress was held and the so-called acting National Chairman of the party went and wrote to INEC data after the Congress had held, saying Congress had been postponed.
“Something was held on the 5th and then on the 8th, you said it has been postponed. So, there is no two ways about it. The National Vice Chairman of the PDP South South is Chief Dan Orbih. If they don’t agree, that is another round do crisis”.
The minister added that the South East Congress, which also produced Ali Odefa, cannot stand because the courts had affirmed that he was no longer a member of the party.
He said his team will not allow any reign of impunity in the PDP, urging the leadership to resolve the issues before the November national convention, or else there will be a crisis.
