The factional management of the Folks Democratic Get together (PDP), South South Zone has slammed Ajibola Basiru, the Nationwide Secretary of the All Progressives Congress over his remarks in opposition to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
In a press release issued on Tuesday, Prince Etim Isong the Zonal Publicity Secretary for the PDP South South Zone mentioned the private assault on Wike by Basiru isn’t solely inappropriate but additionally detrimental to President Bola Tinubu’s administration and to the prospects of his re-election bid in 2027.
Isong mentioned the PDP is perplexed that Basiru who couldn’t produce a Governor for the APC in his residence State in Osun through the 2023 election had the effrontery to advocate for the safety of the curiosity of a defected Governor of Rivers State – who was produced by Wike’s efforts.
He additionally said that the occasion can also be nervous that in a rustic the place the Nationwide Chairman of a ruling occasion might face a threat to his life within the North for merely suggesting a re-election of President Tinubu in 2027, Basiru might undermine Rivers which is a powerful assist base for Tinubu.
“In reality, to suggest that Minister Wike’s assist for President Tinubu is not any totally different from that of different non-APC supporters is a transparent indicator of amateurish political judgment by an individual holding a revered workplace as Nationwide Secretary of a ruling occasion.
“Senator Bashiru’s name for the resignation of a performing Minister like Nyesom Wike portrays him as an opponent of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and an enemy of the Nigerian State. It clearly illustrates his unfitness to serve in such a prestigious function as Nationwide Secretary of the ruling occasion. It’s important that he resign instantly.
“Moreover, Senator Bashiru’s makes an attempt to make use of divide-and-rule techniques in Rivers State politics are sure to fail, as he lacks the required functionality to interact Minister Wike in any political confrontation,” Isong mentioned.
He added that the previous lawmaker ought to do himself a favour by withdrawing from Rivers’ politics earlier than he faces the implications of meddling within the political affairs of the states
“He has 48 hours to situation a full apology to Minister Nyesom Wike and the folks of Rivers State. Failure to take action could lead to him being declared persona non grata in Rivers State.
“Nyesom Wike stands because the Nationwide Chief of the Folks’s Democratic Get together and can’t be undermined by an official from one other political occasion. Sen. Bashiru ought to know that even Governor Siminalaye Fubara recognises Minister Nyesom Wike as his chief and the architect of the political construction that positioned him as Governor of Rivers State.
“Senator Bashiru and the APC can’t now flip the tables nor change the truth that Minister Wike holds important affect in Rivers politics sufficient to find out the survival or in any other case of the APC within the State, and the probabilities of its candidates for numerous elections in 2027 together with the reelection bid of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. As APC’s Nationwide Secretary, will probably be unforgivable if Sen. Bashiru doesn’t know, or pretends to not know that it was the identical “obsession” by Wike of Rivers State politics that made the distinction in 2023, and maybe, he wouldn’t be having fun with the standing of the Nationwide Secretary of Nigeria’s ruling occasion right this moment. In politics, ingratitude is an offence, and biting the finger that prepares your meal, is even a extra unforgivable offence. A phrase they are saying is sufficient for the smart,” Isong famous.