The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Robinson Nname-Ewor, has claimed that FCT Minister Nyesom Wike is on a mission to destroy opposition at both the state level and nationally.
Mr Ewor, who spoke on Monday, also accused the FCT minister of causing the crisis in the PDP for his political gains. “Nyesom Wike, FCT minister, is no longer a member of the PDP. Nyesom Wike today exists in PDP because he is on a mission to destroy the PDP, to destroy the opposition in the country, not just Rivers state,” Ewor said.
“The crisis you see in Rivers and in the PDP is not because the party is broken. It is because one man, the FCT Minister, is determined to destroy it. Remove him, and you won’t see a single crisis — neither in Rivers nor nationally,” he added.
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During the discussion, he revealed that the party has regained freedom as it is no longer under his hostage. “The party today at the state level is no longer in his hands. Therefore, there is nothing they can do as far as the party is concerned in Rivers,” he said.
Speaking on the political rift between the FCT Minister and suspended Siminalayi Fubara, Nname-Ewor said, “Wike believes loyalty should be absolute. But the resources he used to support candidates, including Fubara and state lawmakers, were not his they were Rivers State resources. So the first loyalty should be to the people.
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“Once Rivers people realised Fubara was no longer Wike’s puppet, they owned him. And that’s what changed everything.” He accused President Bola Tinubu of backing Wike in the political tension witnessed in the state for the benefit of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“And the president is helping him. The president is funding Wike to destroy the opposition. That is the irony of it”, he alleged. “How do you advise a party you’re no longer part of? How do you advise people you’re busy attacking? Wike has openly pledged to support the APC in 2027.
His role now is not one of leadership but sabotage. “This is a new beginning for the PDP in Rivers. We are taking back our party, and we will protect it,” Nname-Ewor declared.
