By Abiola Olawale
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has further escalated as the party has summoned the former Governor of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to face its disciplinary committee for alleged anti-party activities.
This was made known by the PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, who addressed the press on Monday.
According to Abdullahi, the party has formally written to Wike, demanding his appearance before a disciplinary committee set up by the National Working Committee (NWC).
He also revealed that the committee is chaired by an Elder Statesman, Chief Tom Ikimi.
He said: “Three weeks ago, we put up two committees in place, that of reconciliation and disciplinary, and Nyesom Wike is one of the persons to face the disciplinary committee, which is headed by elder statesman Chief Tom Ikimi.
“The disciplinary committee will look into issues of anti-party activities. We’ve been receiving petitions regarding anti-party activities or sabotaging the party throughout the primary, leading to where we are now. These petitions against Wike and other party members have been aggregated and sent to the committee.
“Some party members even felt that Wike shouldn’t have gotten to this level still as a member of the PDP and they have been writing to the leadership.”
Speaking further, Abdullahi stated that the former Rivers state governor’s statement about “putting fire in their states” about PDP governors is wrong and unacceptable.
He added: “Wike should be able to manage his words carefully; that was a very disappointing remark. We weren’t expecting him to say that, and to be honest with you, we are not with him on that.”
It would be recalled that Wike has been at loggerheads with some stakeholders in the PDP following his defeat at the party’s presidential primary election.
The former governor also openly campaigned against the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and he is currently working under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Minister of the FCT.
