PDP Crisis: Wike Reacts as Powerful BoT Member Dumps Umbrella Party, Sends Disturbing Warning to Atiku
- The crisis in the PDP lingers as Governor Nyesom Wike comments on the recent resignation of Professor Alphonsus Nwosu from the party
- According to Wike, Nwosu resigned from the party because his conscience was disturbed over the failure of the PDP to adhere to its constitution on a zoning
- Wike said those who are working to make the southern bloc of the party second-class citizen, should be ready to face the repercussion
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Port Harcourt, Rivers - Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers state, has sent a stern warning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over a plot to make the southern bloc of the party second-class citizens.
Wike sent the warning while reacting to the resignation of Professor Alphonsus Nwosu, a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, from the party, Leadership reported.
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Wike sends stern warning to PDP, Atiku for failure to respect zoning
The governor stated that Nwosu's resignation justified the stance of the G5 governors of the PDP on equity, fairness and justice.
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He stressed that the more the PDP remained adamant about zoning the office of the national chairman to the south, Atiku and the party would pay for the consequences.
Wike said this on Sunday, January 15 when PDP stakeholders in the Ogu/Bolo local government area of the state paid him a solidarity visit in Port Harcourt.
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According to the governor, he continued to challenge the PDP, stating that everybody is equal in the country.
He said:
“I have continued to challenge them. What is the problem? What are we fighting for? What I said and will continue to say is that all of us are from this country, nobody is a second class citizen."
Wike further stated that Professor Nwosu resigned from the party citing that his conscience is disturbed because the position of the PDP's constitution is cleared on zoning.
How Atiku, Tinubu, others scrambling for northern votes in 2023 election
Legit.ng earlier reported that the 4 leading presidential candidates in the 2023 election, include Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu, and Rabiu Kwakwaso, have shifted their attention to the north for their campaign.
This is a result of the recent INEC statistics on the number of registered voters in the region that was released by INEC.
A recent figure from the electoral body showed that 49 million of the registered voters are from the region.
Source: Legit.ng
