PDP Reacts As Atiku's Aide Claims Wike Was Once NURTW Member

PDP Reacts As Atiku's Aide Claims Wike Was Once NURTW Member

  • The PDP in Rivers State has kicked against the comment made by Daniel Bwala, the spokesperson of Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign council in the 2023 election
  • Bwala was alleged in a video to have said Nyesom Wike, the minister of the FCT, was working with the NURTW when Atiku and others were forming the PDP
  • But Kingsley Chuku, the PDP legal adviser in Rivers, cautioned Bwala against advertising wrong information, adding that the former governor was a well-known lawyer in Port Harcourt before joining politics

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FCT, Abuja - The Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Daniel Bwala, the spokesperson of Atiku Abubakar during the 2023 presidential election, to halt the continuous advertising of his ignorance about the opposition party.

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According to The Punch, the party made the call over the comment by Bwala that when Atiku and others were founding the PDP, Nyesom Wike, the minister of the federal capital territory and former governor of Rivers State, was working at the motor park with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).

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PDP Kicks as Bwala says Wike was a former member of the NURTW Photo Credit: Nyesom Wike, Atiku Abubakar
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But in the state's PDP's reaction to the claim, the party said the minister had been a law practitioner before finding his way into politics.

PDP replies to Atiku's aide over comment that Wike was a former NURTW member

Chief Kingsley Chuku, the PDP legal adviser in Rivers State and ex-secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (Port Harcourt branch), called while addressing journalists in Abuja on Saturday, September 16.

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Chuku's comment reads in part:

“That remark is a figment of Bwala’s imagination, and I would have thought that a legal mind would do due diligence before going public with such misinformation."

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According to Chuku, the former governor was a legal practitioner before becoming the chairman of the state's Obio/Akpor Local Government.

He further revealed that Wike was well known with the E.C Ukala & Co. law firm in Port Harcourt before he joined politics.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that Daniel Bwala, a chieftain of the PDP and former aide to Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu of governing Nigeria in poetry.

Bwala described Tinubu's 100 days in office as uneventful, adding that his government has not met the expectations of Nigerians.

The senior advocate said the president must concentrate on governance rather than taking international trips for photo ops.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng