A member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Timothy Osadolor, has alleged that former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, had since left the party and is no longer relevant in the scheme of things.
He said the immediate past Rivers governor had ceased being a member of the party following his actions before, during and after the general elections,.
Speaking to journalists in Benin City, Edo State on Tuesday, Osadolor maintained that Wike’s non commitment to the PDP had left the leadership of the party no choice but to isolate him in its affairs.
According to him, “The PDP has ignored Wike because the man is no longer himself. There are more ways to deal with people apart from sanctioning them,” Osadolor said.
“You can keep someone in isolation. Wike can boast that he is the one that stayed away but is it not better to stay away than come to party activities and nobody wants to associate with you?
“He has been given a cold treatment because he went to court to procure a judgment that says he cannot be suspended but there is no judgment that says he cannot be avoided.
“That is what the PDP has been doing to him and technically, if Wike wants to say the truth, he will tell you that he is no longer a member of the PDP. No PDP leader or member behaves the way he does.”
However, reacting to Osadolor’s statement the immediate past Commissioner for Information and Communications in Rivers, Chris Finebone, insisted that Wike is still a member of the PDP.
Finebone, in a statement, noted that Osadolor’s comments were mere “wishful thinking” as he does not have any authority to speak for the party.
“We can’t identify who he represents, but I think it is wishful thinking. It is wishful thinking and the man who is said to have said that is inconsequential as far as we are concerned.
“And so, whatever he has said is of no effect. His Excellency, the former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is 110 per cent a member of PDP and nothing has changed. And nothing can change it,” Finebone added.
