Tinubu’s Top Minister, Wike, to Face Disciplinary Committee, Details Emerge

• The PDP has disclosed that Nyesom Wike, the incumbent FCT minister, will face a disciplinary committee over alleged anti-party activities
• Ibrahim Abdullahi, the deputy national publicity secretary of the PDP, spoke on Monday, September 2
• Legit.ng recalls that in August, the leadership of the PDP inaugurated a disciplinary committee to tackle misconduct and indiscipline within the party

Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering politics and governance in Nigeria.

FCT, Abuja - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has summoned Nyesom Wike, the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), over alleged anti-party activities.

Ibrahim Abdullahi, the PDP deputy national publicity secretary, disclosed this on Monday, September 2, during an interview on Channels Television monitored by Legit.ng.

He said:

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“Three weeks ago, we put up two committees in place, that of reconciliation and disciplinary, and Nyesom Wike is one of the persons to face the disciplinary committee, which is headed by elder statesman Chief Tom Ikimi.

“The disciplinary committee will look into issues of anti-party activities. We’ve been receiving petitions regarding anti-party activities or sabotaging the party throughout the primary, leading to where we are now.

"These petitions against Wike and other party members have been aggregated and sent to the committee."

Wike's alleged anti-party activities

Wike, who was governor of the oil-rich Rivers state for eight years, has been critical of the leadership of the PDP after losing the party’s presidential ticket for the 2023 presidential election to Atiku Abubakar.

He refused to support Atiku in the lead-up to the 2023 general election and chose to back the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu, who emerged as the winner.

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His appointment as the FCT minister is believed to be the reward for the support he gave Tinubu during the election.

Since becoming minister, Wike has been locked in a supremacy battle over the PDP structure in the state with Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state, whom he backed to succeed him as governor.

Wike under fire for threatening to burn states

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that some prominent chieftains of the PDP challenged Wike, asserting that they would resist any attempt by the former Rivers governor to dismantle the party.

After Wike vowed to cause a political crisis in any PDP-controlled state where the governor tries to interfere in the party’s affairs in Rivers, Abdullahi remarked that the minister’s comments posed no threat to the party.

Source: Legit.ng