The Secretary of the South-South zone of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, George Turnah, says the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, is the a national leader of the party.
Turnah made this statement the ‘The Morning Brief’, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST, on Monday.
He was speaking on the internal crisis that has hit the PDP.
“Wike does not lead a group. He is a national leader of the PDP, and as a member of the party, he has his own fundamental rights. One of those rights is his right of choice, and that is why it’s a democracy, and that is why political parties must operate internally on the foundations of democratic principles.
“Recall that Wike has never at any point come out to make declarations, either on behalf of PDP or even on behalf of the G5 governors that he was very pronounced to be their leader. The group never said it was going to support Mr A or Mr B. Wike has consistently said would support Mr President.
“Let me even take you to 2023, where Wike led the G5 governors. Even within the G5 governors, the then governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom did not go with Wike in support of President Tinubu. He chose to support Peter Obi. That is within the G5 governors.
“So this thing about Wike saying he will support President Tinubu, and therefore all of us who associate with him and even himself must now be cast out of the PDP. That is not the principle of internal democracy.
“The principle is that you will allow Wike to have his say that he’s going to support the President and allow majority of the party to have their way,” Turnah said.
