APC N/Central: We Have “An Issue” That Wike Is Still In PDP

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Zonal Secretary, North Central Adamu Mohammed Yakubu has expressed shock that Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT is still a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP despite the fact that he’s working for the ruling party.

The APC chieftain has now invited the FCT Minister to join the ruling party, saying as the minister he’s supposed to be the APC leader in the nation’s capital.

According to him “the minister of the Federal Capital Territory under an administration of a party is automatically the leader of that party. That is where we are getting an issue.”

He urged Wike to resign from  the PDP immediately and join the ruling APC, so that he can give the party effective leadership in the Territory, adding that the party is happy that the minister has replicated what he did as Governor of Rivers State in the FCT following his appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“We are appealing to him to look at the possibility of coming to our party. He should come and be the leader of the APC in the FCT.

“PDP now is on life support. Very soon, they will announce its death. Wike is the only life support holding the party, and when he comes to the APC, the death of PDP will be announced.

“He has made this administration proud with the complete transformation of the FCT, which no administration has ever done, and we are ready to give him 100 percent loyalty if he decides to join us,” Yakubu said.

Since his appointment in 2023 by the president, Wike has been hanging between the PDP and the APC, judging from the fact that he’s reported to be in charge of the two parties in  his state, Rivers where he currently holds the ace as far as power in concerned.

The minister has further irked his critics after he vowed to work for the re-election of President Tinubu in 2023, despite the fact that his party will sponsor a candidate for the election. The minister is said to be at the middle of the protracted leadership crisis rocking the PDP even as the party remains unsure whether its National Convention slated for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, Oyo state will still hold due to the court case instituted by some members, believed to be loyal to the minister against their party.