BREAKING: PDP Chairman Speaks on Time to Sanction Wike, Others

• The PDP acting national chairman, Umar Damagum, has disclosed that the former governor of Rivers state and FCT minister would be sanctioned at the appropriate time
• Damagum, at a press conference on Tuesday, said Wike and others are not above the law and the party
• This is coming at a time when many chieftains of the party are calling on the PDP leadership to sanction Wike and others who worked against the party in the 2023 election

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Umar Damagum, the acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and former governor of Rivers state would be sanctioned at the right time.

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According to The Punch, the PDP acting chairman made the comment during an interactive session with journalists at a press conference on Tuesday, December 19.

Damagum stated that Wike was not above the law and the party, adding that he and others guilty of anti-party activities during the 2023 general election would be sanctioned at the right time.

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The acting chairman's comment came when some stakeholders within the PDP asked the Damagum-led leadership to sanction Wike and others over allegations bordering on anti-party activities during the 2023 general election.

In a related development, Wike has also been faulted for the political unrest rocking Rivers state, one major PDP-controlled state.

Damagum's statement partly reads:

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“When things go out of hand, we will act. But meanwhile, we still see it within the ambit of the law. Mind you, we have other litigation in this party, and we won’t want to plunge our party into another crisis."

"PDP Governors visited Wike because of court cases", Atiku's camp alleges

Legit.ng earlier reported that the PDP governors who visited Wike were accused of nursing their self-interest because of court cases they are facing in their states.

Damola Olarewaju, a media aide to Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, said that the governors who visited Wike have different court cases.

Olarewaju said their visit to the minister was to access President Bola Tinubu so that the APC could drop court cases against them in their states.

Source: Legit.ng