The ousted Rivers State PDP chairman, Chief G.U Ake has called on President Goodluck Jonathan, the PDP Board of Trustees chairman Chief Tony Anenih and the party’s National Chairman Alhaji Bamanga Tukur to call to order immediately the Minister of State for Education Nyesom Wike and the party chairman, Felix Obuah and put an end to the lawlessness in the Rivers State chapter of the party .
This was contained in a press statement issued by the ousted chairman , Godspower .U Ake of the PDP in Rivers State.
The party warned against unguarded statements by Nyesom Wike and the current Chairman of the state PDP, Felix Obuah.
It said the statements by Wike and Obuah-led leadership of the PDP in recent times are construed to heat up the polity, destroy the party, truncate democracy in the State and must stop henceforth.
“Such statements include his(Obuah) congratulatory message to Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau state as Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) even when it was clear to the whole country and world that Governor Chibuike Amaechi won Jang with a clear 19 to 16 votes and is the authentic chairman of the NGF.”
“Another instance is Obuah’s congratulatory message to Hon. Evans Bipi of the Rivers State House of Assembly who proclaimed himself Speaker of the Assembly after a coup by him and four other members to impeached the speaker, Rt. Hon. Otelemaba Dan Amachree failed .
Or is Obuah saying to the State and the nation that 5 is greater than 27? It’s never possible for 5 members out of a 32-member Assembly to carry out an impeachment process.”
The statement also called on the PDP leadership to warn Obuah against making false and malicious statements against Governor Amaechi, stating that governor Amaechi is the superior leader and remains the leader of the party in the state.
It also condemned the actions and statements by Nyesom Wike who has carried on like an alternate governor in the State.
“We have watched with dismay and utter disgust the way and manner Wike has carried on as if he’s the alternate, most times, substantive governor of the state. This is most condemnable. That young man(Wike) is just a Minister, a deputy minister at that, and must be reminded at all times that there is only one governor and leader of the party in the state, which is Governor Amaechi and he must mandatorily subjugate himself to the leadership of the Governor or get out of the party.”
“This Wike group is only deceiving the President and the party leadership claiming that they have the support of the people when it’s clear they don’t. What they are doing is destroying the party. The people working with them are not card carrying members of the PDP. They mostly consist of expired politicians, deadwoods and people who we roundly beat and failed the last elections as candidates of opposition parties and are now seeking relevance. These are the people Wike brought to Abuja as PDP leaders. They are not even PDP members”
