Politics
Wike having fun at expense of PDP – Adeniyi
A professor of Communications at Baze University, Abuja, Abiodun Adeniyi, has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is facing a deep internal crisis worsened by the influence of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.
Adeniyi said that the minister seemed to be having fun at the expense of the party, arguing that the PDP’s internal cohesion has been broken, leaving the party unable to rebuild itself.
According to him, the Wike factor cannot be undermined in the bid for the PDP to make progress.
He warned that if the PDP undermines Wike, they will be undermining the process they want to make.
He stated this on Friday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme, noting that the party is at an “abysmal low”.
He said: “I think it’s very important for us to underscore the fact that the PDP is at an abysmal low, and that low is coming from the fact that the spirit of the party, the spirit of the need to build a team is already broken, and if you do not mend that spirit, there’s nothing else that you do that will work.
“You know, we’ll have a very powerful minister that seems to be having fun at the expense of the party.
“He has got an interest in an opposition party, and he still has refused to leave, you know, the party that he has ordinarily belonged to many years before.
“Now, his factor cannot be undermined in the bid for PDP to make progress, if they imagine they can undermine him, they will be undermining as well the progress that they want to make.
“Unfortunately, now what I rather think they should do, and of course, if it is not done in immediate circumstance, like Baba Yusuf said, we should be expecting a third party intervention, third party represented in the judiciary.
“And when a third party is coming in, you do not know whether it will go left or right, irrespective of how you think, how correct you think you are.
“So what I think the party should do is not to be tired of conciliation, not to be tired of dialogue and diplomatic moves to assuage whichever group, and in this case, the most potent being the one led by the FCT minister.
“They should, I think, continue to try to mend fences, because if they ignore this part, resulting in extreme words that I see them beginning to use, you know, they begin to see words that are absolute, that can be hurting.
“Then of course, the broken spirits might just continue to degenerate into a low that they ordinarily shouldn’t find themselves.
“Remember also that the PDP is still suffering from the exits of major stakeholders, people who have been the bedrock of the party over the years.
“Some of them are in ADC now, some are in APC, and they’re just catered all over the place. That’s a major concern that they should ordinarily be worried about.
“But beyond that also is an internal disease that they are yet to deal with. That disease, so to say, speaking rhetorically, has to be dealt with. It cannot be ignored.”
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Friday declared that he’s still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Wike’s comment followed his expulsion from the party by the faction led by National Chairman, Kabiru Turaki.
Turaki had formally dispatched expulsion certificates to 11 prominent party chieftains, including Wike, former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Umaru Bature, Kamarudeen Ajibade, SAN, Abdurahman Muhammad Senator Mao Ohuabunwa.
He said their expulsion was aimed at sanitising the party ahead of the 2027 elections.
Reacting to the development on Friday, Wike dismissed the claim while assuring that he would continue to work with other party members in making PDP a relevant opposition party.
The minister spoke while addressing journalists after inspecting the Interchange bridge and road linking Gwarinpa with Jahi and direct to Katampe, Gishiri and Maitama.
He said, “Those that are factionalized are bound to leave the party, I’m still in PDP and you can see that not everybody has left.
“We still have good numbers and we will continue to work together and that’s what I have said to the party. Put your house in order because at the end of the day, if you don’t put your house in order, it’s the party that is losing.
“So those who are worried, we can work together to see how the party can remain a relevant opposition.”
The governments of Abia and Imo States have announced the launching of a joint security taskforce and surveillance along the Aba-Owerri expressway, starting from Owerrinta in Abia State all the way to Owerri, Imo State.
The launch followed recent attacks by criminals on the expressway, including kidnapping, armed robbery and other criminal activities.
The formation of the joint security taskforce and surveillance was announced by Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Special Adviser to Governor Alex Otti on Media and Publicity.
His statement read in part: “Arising from a strategic emergency security meeting held today, 4th December, 2025, by the Governors of Abia and Imo Sates at the Imo State Government Owerri House, His Excellency Governor Alex Otti and His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodinma resolved to set up a joint security Taskforce that shall consist of Soldiers, Naval Personnel, Police Officers , DSS Personnel, and other Government Security Agencies.
“The joint security Taskforce shall, starting from tomorrow 5th December 2025, patrol the road 24 hours nonstop, while carrying out massive surveillance in the surrounding bushes using sophisticated drones and other modern security equipment.”
According to the statement, Governor Alex Otti commended the Governor of Imo State for arresting the criminals who carried out an attack on His advanced team and other passengers a few days ago.
“The two Governors, while assuring citizens plying the road on a daily basis and those returning home for Christmas of their safety and security, warn that there would be severe consequences for any criminal caught on the road going forward”, Ekeoma concluded.
President Bola Tinubu has transmitted to the senate two lists of 34 career and 31 non career ambassadors nominees for screening and confirmation.
Prominent names listed as non career ambassadors include Reno Omokri, Femi Fani-Kayode, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, Victor Ikpeazu and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
Also listed as non career ambassadors nominees are Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Vice Admiral Ete Ibas, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, Senator Nora Daduut, Fatima Ajimobi, and Senator Ita Enang among others.
The two lists brings to 68 number of persons nominated so far as ambassadors awaiting confirmation by the Senate.
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