Human rights lawyer and counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has applauded the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for expelling the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, from its fold.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Ejiofor said Wike’s expulsion was “not only overdue, but embarrassingly belated,” insisting that no democracy can function when internal saboteurs destabilise the opposition.
Naijaonpoint reports that Ejiofor said the PDP crisis had reached a point where the human rights community could no longer ignore the “theatre” unfolding within the opposition party.
“There comes a time when silence becomes an accessory to mischief, and the theatre currently unfolding within the PDP demands a few clear, unvarnished words,” he said.
He faulted the PDP leadership for allegedly hesitating for years before taking decisive action against Wike.
“One wonders whether the PDP leadership had been under some mystical injunction preventing them from wielding a sledgehammer that has been resting idly on the table since 2023 after his unsuccessful attempt to cling the party’s Presidential ticket,” he added.
The lawyer stressed that a healthy democracy requires a vibrant and fearless opposition capable of interrogating government actions.
He said, “Every democratic system requires a vibrant, intellectually grounded, fearless opposition. Opposition is the brake system of democracy. It forces accountability. It interrogates state actions. It compels policy refinement.
“But how is this possible when those entrusted with defending the sanctity of the opposition become co-authors of its destruction?”
Ejiofor described Wike and his allies as “political tourists whose commitment to PDP is as authentic as a fake passport,” accusing them of planting “landmines within the PDP leadership structure” to ensure the party remained in perpetual crisis.
Rejecting calls for reconciliation within the party, Ejiofor insisted that those involved in the crisis never had the party’s interest at heart.
“You cannot reconcile with a man whose life ambition is to burn down the house while pretending to fix the roof,” he said.
He argued that some individuals still serving in government were doing so not because of competence but because of their “talent for political gymnastics.”
Ejiofor noted that while the expulsion was commendable, it must be followed by deeper reforms.
“The expulsion is not a conclusion. It is merely the first honest step PDP has taken in years to reclaim its dignity, restructure its internal sanity, and send a clear message that political deviance under the guise of party loyalty will no longer be accommodated,” he stated.
According to him, “history will record this moment not as an act of vengeance, but as an overdue correction of an existential injustice.”
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