Bayelsa Poll: “PDP Must Apologise to Me Before I Can Work With Them”, Wike Insists

Bayelsa Poll: “PDP Must Apologise to Me Before I Can Work With Them”, Wike Insists

  • The newly inaugurated minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike has revealed what his party must do to get his support
  • Wike in a recent interview said, the PDP just apologise to him and some of his colleagues before he can work with them ahead of the Bayelsa state governorship elections
  • The former governor bragged that he is still a member of the PDP and is proud to work under President Bola Tinubu's cabinet

FCT, Abuja - The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has said the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has to apologise to him and some of his colleagues before he can work with them in the Bayelsa elections.

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Wike says he did not regret working against Atiku during the presidential election. Photo credit: Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, GSSRS, Atiku Abubakar
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Wike spoke exclusively on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, on Wednesday, August 30.

Speaking further, Wike said the leadership of the PDP has a lot of errors to correct before he can consider working for them in the Saturday, November 11, 2023 election.

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Wike also noted that he is proud that he delivered a candidate who stood for fairness and equity during the presidential poll but worked against the PDP's injustice.

"There are so many things they must correct before I accept to work with the PDP. They know, they know, they have to apologise to me and some of my colleagues.
"I see the presidential candidate and his boys ranting on television everyday, they send them to abuse me, I don't care.
"I left my state very elated, very happy, like a hero.Working in favour of justice, working in favour of equity and fairness. You can't enroll me into any team, Whatever I will do I will do. If I want to enter APC today, I will talk to my people."

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“I dare anyone to suspend me” - Wike tackles PDP

The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has again thrown shade at Nigeria's main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The politician who spoke on Wednesday, August 30, exclusively on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, dared the leadership of his party, the PDP to suspend or discipline him.

Wike said he has not seen the party chieftain who will suspend or expel him from the party.

“If Obi was better, Nigerians would have voted him”: Wike says

The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has made a fresh revelation regarding the election victory of President Bola Tinubu and the fate that befell Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP).

Wike, the former governor of Rivers state said if Obi was a better candidate, Nigerians would have voted for him in the Saturday, February 25, 2023 poll.

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