● Anyanwu Meets Wike, others behind Close Door, Vows He Won’t Go Down Alone, Promises to Expose Misdemeanors of other members of the NWC-
● Accuses Ajibade of Producing fake documents, Bature of selling tickets to highest bidder, Daniel of Selling Forms without remitting fund to the Party, and Debo of unsubstantiated bills, etc.
● Wike, promises to scuttle Makinde’s Presidential Ambition.
Reports from Abuja indicates that there has been a report of a closed door meeting between the sacked National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu, and his backers, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, over the endorsement of Rt Hon Udeh Okoye by the Party’s Governors Forum following the Appeal Court ruling of December 20, 2024.
At the meeting which allegedly took place last night in Abuja, the ousted National Secretary of the Party, Senator Anyanwu was quoted to have vowed that he won’t go down alone, promising to take others with him by exposing the misdemeanors of the Acting National Chairman, Amb Iliya Damagum and other members of his colleagues.
Senator Anyanwu according to the report further alleged that, the National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade was involved in bringing fake legal documents to collect money from the Party, that the National Financial Secretary, Daniel Woyegikuro of selling Party nomination forms without remitting money to the party account, the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, was involved in presenting unsubstantiated bills, and that the National Organizing Secretary, Umar Bature, was also selling Party tickets to the highest bidder. These and many more he promised to substantiate when the need arises.
According to sources in Abuja, Senator Anyanwu was also heard to have told Minister Wike that he would go down with all this members of the National Working Committee (NWC). He promised to tell the public details of their wrong doings, saying that none would be spared.
Responding, Minister Wike accused Ambassador Damagum, the Acting National Chairman of betraying him, saying that, “with all he did for him, he abandoned him and decided to support the PDP Governors Forum.
He also accused the Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang of stabbing him at the back, after the support he gave to him during his legal tussle over his Governorship Election up to the Supreme Court.
Minister Wike lambasted the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Duoye Diri, for throwing his support for the PDP Governors’s Forum. He claimed that Governor Diri who begged for his support when he was running for his second term Guber election, is also not in support of his desire to retain Senator Samuel Anyanwu as National Secretary of the Party against the ruling of the Enugu State appeal court.
In a related development, the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike also allegedly told Anyanwu and others in the meeting that he won’t allow the Governor of Oyo state, Engr Seyi Makinde to become president of Nigeria in 2027.
He vowed that what he, Wike, did to the former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of the PDP in the 2023 Election, will be nothing compared to what he will do to Makinde’s Presidential ambition.
It’s worth noting that the PDP has been facing internal conflicts, particularly between Minister Wike and his allies in the NWC and other party leaders. The situation has raised serious concerns about the party’s unity and prospects in future elections. (www.krestnews.com).