Coalition calls for sanction of Minister over threats

A coalition of youth organisations working for the actualisation of the presidential ambition of Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, the Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed Vanguard (BAM-V) has expressed its support for the summoning of the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, by the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

In a statement, they said it was high time for the party to sanction the former Rivers State governor for his open anti-party activities.

BAM-V, in a statement signed by its Director-General, Mohammed Abubakar Jibo, declared that PDP should do more than invite the FCT Minister to appear before its disciplinary committee but go ahead to either suspend the former governor or expel him outrightly from the main opposition party.

This, according to BAM-V, becomes imperative in view of Wike’s several anti-party activities, including openly working against PDP in the 2023 presidential election, which the group stated contributed to the loss of Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, in the election.

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While stating that Wike’s tirade against PDP governors was reckless and indecorous, the group asserted that there was nothing wrong with the PDP Governors’ Forum to stand with their Rivers State counterpart, Governor Siminalayi Fubara and their decision to consult with PDP National Working Committee (NWC) to allow the governor to take over the leadership of the party in his state to warrant Wike’s threat to cause crises in PDP in their states.

“We at the Bala Andulkadir Mohammed (BAM-V), a coalition of youth organisations for democracy, good governance and accountability, noted the threats by the FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike to cause political crises in PDP governed states because of the resolution by the PDP Governors’ Forum for the return of the party’s structure to Governor Siminalayi Fubara as the rightful leader of PDP in Rivers States.

“There is no doubt that Wike’s threat is nothing but reckless and indecorous, coming from someone who has benefitted immensely from PDP, the party he openly worked against its interests in the 2023 presidential election when he supported the incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC. In our view, there is nothing more anti-party activity than this,” it said.