A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has attributed the party’s crisis to President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Sowunmi stated this on Wednesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, arguing that the appointment is one too many for the main opposition party.
He said, “President Tinubu has no business appointing our member into his cabinet without talking to us. He had no business taking Nyesom Wike from our party and appointing him.”
The former Ogun PDP governorship candidate also said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo consulted with opposition parties when forming a government of national unity.
“When Obasanjo wanted to form a government of national unity, he ran to the party, but what did he (Tinubu) do? He took one of us and put him in a strategic position, and suddenly, the whole thing is complicated.
“If he wants our party to be okay, he should sack Wike and return him to PDP, but of course, he is not going to do that.”
Sowunmi dismissed claims that the PDP is on the verge of collapse, stressing that the party has overcome numerous challenging times.
“PDP is this, PDP is that; who killed it? A party that did not die when Obasanjo tore his card, a party that did not die when Jonathan stood down, a party that did not die all these years is going to die? PDP dieth not,” he said.
