A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has reacted to utterance from Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, wherein he alleged that Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, and others caused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to zone her 2023 Presidential ticket to the North against the party’s policy on zoning.
Eze said it behoves on him to set the records straight so as
not to allow unsuspecting Nigerians be cajoled into believing Wike’s broad
daylight lies from the pit of hell.
According to the APC chieftain, it was Wike who caused the
PDP to throw open its 2023 presidential primaries and not either former Vice
President Atiku Abubakar or Governor Bala Mohammed.
Eze said the latest claim by Wike means that Wike is just
being economical with the truth.
Wike had in a recent interview
stated, “We have always done it North and South,” adding that “this unspoken
agreement within the party was undermined.
“In making this beguiling statement, it skipped Wike’s
memory that Nigerians of sane mind will ask him questions on how the ‘gentleman
agreement’ of the PDP in respect of it’s zoning policy was undermined,” he
added in a statement on Monday.
“Wike deliberately refused to mention in the interview that
it was his dictatorial tendencies backed by his inordinate ambition to pick the
PDP Presidential ticket, that led to the collapse of the party’s policy on
zoning in 2022.
“It is sad and unfortunate that some people who are saying
that Wike was right on PDP zoning have refused to know the truth because they
are heavily benefitting from the former Rivers State Governor’s financial
inducements.
“It is instructive to state categorically that Atiku
Abubakar didn’t kick against zoning the PDP Presidential ticket to the South.
What the former Vice President proposed at the PDP meeting was that if the
party’s presidency should be zoned to the South, it must be to the South-East.
“With Peter Obi still in the PDP, and following Atiku’s
statement that he already had his choice of who to support in the South-East,
Wike became jittery and started abusing Obi.
“Blindfolded by his overweening disposition, and the fact
that he wanted to contest the PDP Presidential primary, Wike positioned his
hangers on, who later formed the so-called G-5 to influence the PDP
Presidential slot to him.
“Acting on Wike’s satanic script, the G-5 governors and
their loyalists kicked against Atiku’s proposal of zoning the Presidency to the
South-East, and instead voted that it should be thrown open. This was what took
place and when it was thrown open, anyone at that point could contest.
“In preparing himself for the elusive 2023 PDP Presidential
slot, Wike, like a dog let loose out of its cage, went on rampage, abusing
Atiku, and others, boasting in the Church that the slot is just for him and
nobody born by a human being can wrestle it from him after forcing Peter Obi
out of PDP.
“It is on record that Peter Obi didn’t even let Atiku know
of his intention to leave the PDP until he jumped ship to the Labour Party.
“Even on the venue of the PDP Presidential primary, Wike was
very much convinced that he would defeat Atiku hands down, but that was the
thinking of a neophyte and greenhorn when it comes to party and national
politics.
“Till date, Wike is yet to recover from the political
upper-cut and psychological trauma as a result of his decision to jump into the
ring to engage his father (Atiku) in a bout, not knowing the stuff that Atiku
is made of.
“After losing the PDP Presidential primary woefully to
Atiku, in a contest he called for, and having lost out in his bid to become the
PDP Vice Presidential candidate, Wike went ahead with his misguided and
lilly-livered G-5 Group to ensure that PDP lost the 2023 election. The rest is
now history.
“As a rampaging bulldog, Wike is hellbent on decimating the
PDP in order to sustain his unholy relationship with President Bola Tinubu.
“With time, this marriage of strange political bed fellows
will crumble because of Wike’s political antecedents of betrayal, blackmail,
egocentrism, and tyranical tendencies.
“Finally, I wish to counsel PDP leadership to stop deceiving
itself and forget the idea of reconciling with Wike, because that is not the
agenda given to him in order to be relevant in his marriage off convenience
with APC.
“It is believed that Wike’s pact with Tinubu is to suffocate
PDP to morribond status, for Tinubu to have an easy sail in 2027. Except the
leadership of the party is complicit, if not, the PDP has to look inwards and
expel Wike from the party.
“More so, Wike should desist from dropping Atiku’s name in
his bid to sustain his presence in the APC administration. I dare Wike to
resign from the APC government, and see if he will be relevant in the scheme of
things. “
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These sound like lies to me. If presidency is zoned to the south, what is wrong with throwing the ticket open in the south? Why zone it to the southeast again? This part of the many troubles of the nation. Pot calling the kettle black. Everyone sees the hardwork of Wike to sustain the party for many years while Atiku was in Dubai but when it time for recognition, the people with pure skill and ability like Wike are ignored or circumvented with wicked politics.
ReplyDeleteWhat Mr Eze does not understand is the divide and rule politics of the north. That was what Atiku applied. And the G5 guys understood and they stood their ground. Kudos to the G5 men! Kudos to Wike.
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