The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has reaffirmed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will endure despite its internal challenges, stressing that unity and respect for the party’s constitution are key to its revival.
Wike stated this on Monday evening when he hosted critical stakeholders of the party under the auspices of ‘Concerned Stakeholders of the PDP.’
Speaking on Monday evening, Wike called for an end to impunity and urged members to prioritise the collective survival of the party over personal ambition.
Among those in attendance were former governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Samuel Ortom (Benue), and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), as well as PDP National Secretary Senator Samuel Anyanwu, former Senate Minority Leader Philip Aduda, serving and former lawmakers, and several zonal and state party executives.
“All of you here are those committed to the survival of our party—not just talking on television or in newspapers, but working at various levels,” Wike stated.
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He credited the controversial G5 Governors, of which he is a member, with helping to stabilise the country politically: “You may like us, you may hate us. The truth is, if the G5 had not taken the decision we took, this country would have been in crisis.”
“It doesn’t matter who the beneficiary was but the right thing had to be done and we still stand by that decision.
“If the party had listened to what we said, we won’t have been where we are today and we have continued to sound it to the party, let the constitution of the party and of the country be respected.
“That, as an opposition party, we cannot continue to act with impunity. No opposition party acts with impunity. Ours is to continue to placate people and bring them together, not to say that they should go to hell.
“Let us not allow greed, let us not allow ego to kill our party,” he said.
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