The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has taken a swipe at Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, regarding the nature of the ongoing peace efforts in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He stated this on Wednesday night during the 106th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting organised by the Abdulrahman Mohammed faction in Abuja.
He challenged his rivals to be transparent about their intentions and warned against clandestine manoeuvres.
“Minority leader, when you are talking about reconciliation, come with your terms of reconciliation so that we will know. Concrete proposal, not like the last time you came to me and before I knew it, you were in Ibadan for the convention. I don’t like those who go to negotiate at night and come out to shout in the day. Let those coming for peace come in the daytime and not at nighttime,” he said.
He also declared that his faction remains firmly in control of the party’s machinery.
Buoyed by Monday’s Court of Appeal ruling that affirmed the current caretaker leadership structure, Wike maintained that while his camp is open to reconciliation, it will only do so as a dominant force.
“PDP will never die. There comes a time that you have crises, but those grains are for you to put yourself in order. Life is in stages. For me, what is happening is a natural process that we must pass through as humans. We are for reconciliation, but genuine reconciliation,” he said.
He further dismissed accusations that his role in the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration made him a “mole” within the PDP.
“It was as if I was the cause of the problem because I am working in an APC administration, but all the ones who accused me are today in APC, and me that they accused has not left the PDP,” the minister noted.
Wike stood firm on the party’s upcoming National Convention, rejecting any suggestions of forming a new caretaker committee to appease aggrieved members. He emphasised that the logistics for the transition are already finalised.
“The party is working hard for the convention to hold. They have paid the necessary fees. They have secured the venue. So, let nobody bring another suggestion that we should form another caretaker committee. I won’t accept that. Convention must hold, and we will allow everybody to participate,” he asserted.