PDP governors nominated appointtees to Tinubu –Wike

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has said that governors of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) wrote President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to nominate people for appointment.

Wike stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, dismissing the claim that he is a mole in the PDP.

Wike and PDP governors had recently traded words over the leadership of the party in Rivers. While Wike threatened to cause problems in their states, the governors described his statement as irresponsible.

Wike said that he supported President Tinubu on the basis of justice and fairness.

He said, “Before I took this appointment, I wrote to the PDP. I wrote to PDP National; I wrote to PDP Zonal; I wrote to PDP in my state. My governor also signed a letter that I should take the appointment.

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“Yes, it’s true. The zonal party wrote that I should accept. Who in the PDP did not write or nominate names to President Tinubu for appointment?

“They did. Yes! Let them come to say they did not do it. You see the problem we have in this country is that some people think they are too smart; they want to use people; I’m not that kind of person. What I want to do, I will do; what I will not do, everybody knows I won’t do it.

“I dare anybody in PDP; I dare any governor; I dare any NWC member to come on a national television and say I am a mole. Let anybody come out.”

He added that despite his support for Tinubu, the PDP won governorship and National Assembly elections in Rivers State.

He said that he is still a leader of the party in the state.

He said, “In 2023, did I not say I won’t support you for President? Did I do it at the back? Did I not say I won’t support this, it’s not fair, it’s against equity, it’s against justice.

“Did I do it at the back? Did the PDP not win the governorship, did the PDP not win the National Assembly? Did they not win the state assembly?

“I challenge any of them, let us see in any of these states they are criticising whether they have a 100 per cent as we have. What does that tell you? Leadership.”