The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has replied Rivers State Governor Nyeson Wike who called leaders of the Party tax collectors and sychophats.
Wike’s decided to pull out of the PDP reconciliation efforts in Edo State, The governor alleged that instead of the NWC to carry everybody along in Edo, they resorted to using the media to blackmail him.
However In a statement released by PDP’s national secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party denied sponsoring a media publication to malign Governor Nyesom Wike and further stated that it won’t allow its enemies to cause distraction within its fold ahead of the Edo State governorship election.
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The statement reads:
“The NWC also wishes to place on record that none of its members has acted like a “tax collector” in whatever meaning the term represents, either in the process leading to the Edo primary election, or any other state.
“Our party holds Governor Wike and indeed all our PDP governors, who, of course, have been the pillars of our great party, with utmost respect and had always consulted them on all party affairs.
“PDP appreciates the efforts and sacrifices of our governors and will not allow enemies of our party, who are out to cause disunity in our fold by sponsoring baseless publications against our leaders, to have their way.”
It was reported that Wike’s uproar was an offshoot of the refusal of some governorship aspirants in the party to step down for the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, who recently joined them.
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