PDP: Wike, Makinde factions in fight-to-finish

 ABUJA  The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, escalated, yesterday as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the faction aligned with Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, traded fierce words over control of the party ahead of 2027.

Wike threw an open challenge to the Kabiru Turaki-led camp, daring it to prove its claim to leadership by opening a party secretariat and bank account in Abuja, and vowing to shut any such move.

Speaking during a media chat, the former Rivers governor accused the rival bloc of fraud, defiance of court rulings and deliberate deception.

“When will people stop being fraudulent? You cannot disobey court judgments and then turn around to deceive Nigerians that you have a legitimate structure. That is not how democracy works,” he said.

He insisted the group lacked legal standing to run PDP affairs and challenged it to demonstrate otherwise.

“If they are sure they are the authentic leadership of the PDP, let them open an official PDP account and tell party members to pay nomination fees into it,” Wike said.

Directing his dare at Turaki, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, he added: “Let Turaki… open an account for the PDP. Let them announce it publicly… That day, you will see what will happen. He will lose his silk.”


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