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The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has blamed Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde of escalating crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party. Wike in a statement issued on Sunday said Makinde is instigating PDP South East Leaders to present another National Secretary
The FCT Minister insisted that Senator Samuel Anyanwu remains the party national secretary. According to him, North Central zonal elective congress of the PDP was aborted because the letter inviting INEC to the congress was signed by the Deputy National Secretary of the party. INEC refused to attend because the proper signatory recognized by law, that is Senator Samuel Anyanwu was not a signatory to the invitation notice.
Recall that Makinde and the former Rivers State Governor were part of G5 that work against PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar in 2023 general electio
MY Problem With Seyi Makinde And PDP..Nyesom Wike PDP CRISIS: MY POSITION – NYESOM WIKE…Pulls Out Of All Agreements Previously Reached …Vows To Fight On Till Justice Is Served 1. Since after the 2023 General election, the PDP has been wantonly swinging from one part of a slippery precipice to another, owing fundamentally to dishonesty and lack of trust amongst its key stakeholders. To stem this ugly trend, efforts have been made to arrest this pernicious virus of dishonesty and treachery and enthrone fidelity to agreements with a view to stabilizing the party and moving it forward. 2. To this end, a meeting of the G5 was held in Lagos. In that meeting, I made it clear to the Governor of Oyo State, HE. Seyi Makinde, that he was the architect of our problems, pointing out to him that non-adherence to agreements reached was the bane of the party, and that he was the chief culprit of this anomaly. At the end of the meeting, we resolved to bury the hatchet and make progress. Advertisements 3. As a follow-up to the aforementioned meeting, there was an expanded meeting in Abuja involving HE. Seyi Makinde, HE. Umaru Fintri, HE. Bala Mohammed, HE, Bukola Saraki, and I in Saraki’s guest house. In that meeting, I made it clear that I had no personal problems with HE. Bala Mohammed, except that he hides under the facade of Chairman of PDP Governors Forum to serially renege on agreements. Tensions rose mightily in the meeting and it took all concern to calm frayed nerves. At the end of the meeting, we came to some resolutions, including: a. That Senator Samuel Anyanwu remains the National Secretary of the PDP in tandem with the Supreme Court judgement. b. All legal matters relating to Rivers State must be withdrawn by the National Legal Adviser. c. The suit on the State of emergency is withdrawn forthwith. d. Nobody should deviate from the agreements so reached. In the light of the foregoing, they pleaded with me to attend the stakeholders’ meeting at the Bauchi Government Lodge, regardless of my many engagements. I attended the meeting and clearly reiterated my earlier concerns, and to this end and in order to resolve all other lingering and pending issues, a committee was formed, headed by HE. Bukola Saraki. 4. It is disheartening to note that even before the Bukola Saraki Reconciliation Committee began its work, the gentleman’s agreement we reached at Saraki’s Guest House was already being crudely violated. To my chagrin, Seyi Makinde had connived with Peter Mba of Enugu State to orchestrate the summoning of the meeting of so-called South-East leaders to recommend that if Ude Okoye was not adopted as Secretary, they would pull out of the PDP. I have since granted an interview to the effect that, that resolution of the South-East leaders can not hold.
