FCT Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said the Peoples Democratic Party would collapse if he were to defect to the All Progressives Congress.
In response to enquiries on whether he will join the ruling party, Wike made the statement on Monday during his year-end press conference in Port Harcourt.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Wike’s supporters in the Rivers State House of Assembly, including Governor Siminalayi Fubara, recently left PDP for APC.
Wike, however, maintained that he is still a PDP member and has no plans to quit.
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Wike, however, maintained that he is still a PDP member and has no plans to quit.
“Today, if I say I want to decamp to APC, that will be the end of PDP. You will see leaders of the party in other states who will join me.
“If today I say, gentlemen, look, we have had enough of PDP, watch those who will decamp in Benue; watch those who will decamp in Plateau, in Abia, in Edo,” he said.
“But the mere fact that people have left PDP for APC does not mean I have to leave. No, it is not correct. I am still a member of PDP,” he added.
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Wike reassured his supporters that his political authority in the state is uncontested despite Fubara’s potential takeover of his Rivers political system.
The FCT Minister pointed out that, in contrast to circumstances in Lagos and Kano states, Fubara’s defection to the APC did not immediately make him the party’s leader in Rivers.
“There are exceptions to the rule. There is nothing like 001 in the state; you register in your ward and not at the state level.
“So, if there is 001, it is in your ward, because every party member registers in his ward,” Wike said.
The FCT minister further emphasised that a leader deserving of followership must possess extraordinary attributes in addition to being a governor.
He maintained that Fubara’s decision to join the APC was insignificant, pointing out that the governor did it on his own.
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“If a governor is moving to another party, he moves with council chairmen, party leaders, and members of the state assembly.
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