Sunday May 25, 2025|
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced his decision to withdraw from all previously agreed efforts aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
He declared his resolve to continue the struggle until what he termed “justice” is achieved.
In a personal statement titled “PDP Crisis: My Position”, shared via X on Sunday, Wike accused Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, of being the principal cause of the party’s internal turmoil.
According to Wike, Makinde’s failure to honour prior agreements has deepened the party’s challenges, making him a key figure in the breakdown of internal unity.
Wike emphasized that he had consistently maintained the importance of sticking to negotiated resolutions, including the recognition of Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s National Secretary in line with a Supreme Court ruling.
He also reiterated the need for the PDP’s National Legal Adviser to withdraw all court cases related to Rivers State, including the suit seeking a state of emergency.
The statement read: “Since after the 2023 general election, PDP has been wantonly swinging from one part of a slippery precipice to another, owing fundamentally to dishonesty and lack of trust amongst its key stakeholders.
“In that meeting, I made it clear to the Governor of Oyo State, H.E. Seyi Makinde, that he was the architect of our problems, pointing out to him that non-adherence to agreements reached was the bane of the party, and that he was the chief culprit of this anomaly. At the end of the meeting, we resolved to bury the hatchet and make progress.
“As a follow-up to the aforementioned meeting, there was an expanded meeting in Abuja involving H.E. Seyi Makinde, H.E. Umaru Fintri, H.E. Bala Mohammed, H.E. Bukola Saraki, and in Saraki’s guest house. In that meeting, I made it clear that I had no personal problems with H.E. Bala Mohammed, except that he hides under the facade of Chairman of PDP Governors Forum to serially renege on agreements.
“Tensions rose mightily in the meeting and it took all concerned to calm frayed nerves. At the end of the meeting, we came to some resolutions, including:
“That Senator Samuel Anyanwu remains the National Secretary of the PDP in tandem with the Supreme Court judgement, all legal matters relating to Rivers State must be withdrawn by the National Legal Adviser, the suit on the state of emergency be withdrawn forthwith, and nobody should deviate from the agreements so reached.
“In the light of the foregoing, they pleaded with me to attend the stakeholders’ meeting at the Bauchi Government Lodge, regardless of my many engagements. I attended the meeting and clearly reiterated my earlier concerns, and to this end and in order to resolve all other lingering and pending issues, a committee was formed, headed by H.E. Bukola Saraki.
“It is disheartening to note that even before the Bukola Saraki Reconciliation Committee began its work, the gentleman’s agreement we reached at Saraki’s Guest House was already being crudely violated.
“To my chagrin, Seyi Makinde had connived with Peter Mba of Enugu State to orchestrate the summoning of the meeting of so-called South-East leaders to recommend that if Ude Okoye was not adopted as Secretary, they would pull out of the PDP. I have since granted an interview to the effect that, that resolution of the South-East leaders cannot hold.
“Again, Seyi Makinde organised some people in the National Secretariat to insist that the Deputy National Secretary should act as National Secretary, in violation of the agreement earlier reached. To attempt to give credence to this farce, a letter was written by the Deputy National Secretary, calling for a meeting of the NEC of the party.
