The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has formally summoned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to appear before its newly established Disciplinary Committee to answer to the several petitions written against him accusing him of participating in anti-party activities.
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Ibrahim Abdullahi, revealed this during an appearance on Channels TV on Monday September 2.
Wike stirred the hornet nest when he threatened to cause problems in the state of governors backing his successor, Sim Fubara, in their ongoing power struggle over the control of the PDP structure in Rivers State.
Speaking at a PDP state congress in Port Harcourt on Saturday, August 31, Wike defiantly stated;
“Let me assure you, not while we live, will anybody take away the PDP structure from us. Let me tell you people; I hear that there are some governors who said they will take away the structure and give to somebody. I pity those governors because I will put fire in their states. When God has given you peace, you said you don’t want peace; whatever you see, you take.”
Reacting to Wike’s comment, Abdullahi revealed that Wike is one of those whom party members have written petitions against for alleged anti-party activities, adding that the committee “has written him a letter inviting him over,” to appear before them.
“We have received petitions with regards to anti-party on those sabotaging the party all through the primaries leading up to where we are today. Those petitions have been aggregated across the country. Nyesom Wike is one of the persons expected to face that committee which is headed by no less a person than High Chief Tom Ikimi.”
He said the current party leadership should be hailed for “being able to navigate the waters by not sanctioning people without giving them an opportunity of a fair hearing” as against what happened under the immediate-past national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu.