Fresh Crisis In PDP As Wike’s Group Allegedly Plots To Derail National Convention

Sunnex Egbu

3 hours ago

A report has indicated that the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is far from being over.

Sources who spoke to Daily Sun disclosed that a group within the party, led by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, appears to be perfecting plans to scuttle the party’s national convention slated for November.

Although ahead of the November 16 elective convention, the party had issued a firm warning to some of its members allegedly working against the party’s plans, the camp of the minister appears unbothered by the warning, as he is insisting that unless the South-South Zonal executives put in place are recognised by the party, there would be no peace in the PDP.

The aforementioned publication reported that Wike’s group is already exploring both legal and other options to derail the party’s November convention.

“From the word go, what we were afraid of is what will eventually happen. We were afraid of the court since the minister is part of this government. But as it is, we might end up in the same court because I do not see the party conceding to him (Wike) after all the ones we had made in the past. He (Wike) keeps making fresh demands, and if we continue to accede to his demands, we might just end up handing the party over to him in the end, and that is one thing we must avoid,” one of the sources said.

Asked to explain further on the options he believed the FCT minister was exploring to scuttle the convention, the source further said: “You know, we have started our congresses as a prelude to the convention. The minister is using members of his group to create crisis in some of the states, as a precursor to scuttling the convention.”