Why PDP leadership must sanction Wike — North-East group

The North East Unity Forum has urged the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party to sanction the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to restore discipline within the party.

In a statement signed by its convener, Abubakar Kabir, on Tuesday, the Forum stressed that the party can only regain its former glory by taking action against the former Rivers State governor, whom it described as a “self-serving politician.”

“The NUF argues that his threats to ‘put fire in the states’ of governors supporting Fubara are not only reckless but also a direct assault on the peace and stability of our nation. His declaration that governors interfering in Rivers State ‘will never sleep in your state’ is a dangerous provocation that threatens the very fabric of our democracy and national stability. Such inflammatory rhetoric is unbecoming of a public official and cannot be tolerated.

“Therefore, the NUF demands the immediate dismissal of Nyesom Wike as FCT Minister. His actions have demonstrated that he is unfit to hold any public office, let alone one as significant as the FCT Minister.

President Tinubu must choose between upholding the rule of law, decency, and common sense, or aligning with an irredeemably compromised politician like Wike, who is determined to create violence and instability to remain in the public limelight, to the detriment of Nigeria’s interests.

Similarly, the PDP leadership must act decisively to sanction Wike and restore discipline and order within the party. By doing so, the party will uphold the principles of democracy, unity, and loyalty, which are the bedrock of any political system.

“It is entirely justifiable to curb Wike’s political hooliganism after he has exposed himself as a self-serving and unprincipled politician, struggling to foment chaos to reclaim his lost relevance. Nigeria’s democracy depends on our collective ability to reject such dangerous individuals and uphold the principles of justice, respect, restraint, and integrity without giving room to characters that are charlatans.”

Recently, the Peoples Democratic Party confronted the former Rivers State Governor, Wike, asserting that no one is above the party.

During the PDP state congress at the party’s secretariat in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Wike warned PDP governors to avoid interfering in the party’s matters in the state and issued a threat to “put fire in their states.”

He stated, “Let me assure all of you, not while we live will anybody take away the structure of the PDP from us. But let me tell people, I hear some governors who say they will take over the structure and give back to somebody.”