Crisis Tears PDP Apart As Wike Says Ex-Niger Governor Aliyu Is APC Agent in the Party
- Governor Nyesom Wike has hit hard at one of the chieftains of the PDP, Babangida Aliyu
- Aliyu was reported to have called Wike a political dictator in Rivers state
- In his reaction, Wike, however, described Aliyu as a liability in the PDP
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has accused a former Niger state governor, Muazu Babangida Aliyu as a mole in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Leadership reports that Wike, who stated this on Monday, May 24, in Port Harcourt, was reacting to a recent statement credited to Aliyu, where he described the Rivers state governor as a dictator.
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Legit.ng gathered that the governor said he is not a dictator as being alleged by the former governor Aliyu.
He said:
“There is no political dictator in Rivers State as far as PDP is concerned. This is one state PDP is sure of winning any day, any time. But, this is not the case of Niger state where Muazu Babangida Aliyu was governor.
“Muazu Babangida Aliyu is what you call a chronic liar and serial betrayer. He is a mole in PDP. I challenge him, he is a mole in PDP.”
Sahara Reporters also reports that the governor noted that PDP has not been able to conduct its congresses in Niger state due to the former governor’s dictatorial tendencies, adding that the party failed woefully in the 2015 and 2019 general elections due to Aliyu’s influence in the state.
Wike added:
“Let Muazu Babangida Aliyu show us one concrete thing he did in Niger State as governor. In 2015, PDP lost in Niger state because he worked against the party. In 2019, PDP lost woefully; we have no Senator or House of Representatives member in Niger state."
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The governor wondered why Aliyu, who opposed the choice of Prince Uche Secondus in 2017, would turn round to be the spokesman of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the Cross River state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade credited President Muhammadu Buhari for his decision to dump the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
It was reported that he said all governors should leave politics aside and do everything to commit themselves to the vision of the country.
Source: Legit.ng
