BREAKING: Battle ready Wike throws notable challenge to opponents in PDP amid crisis, watch video

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FCT, Abuja - Nyesom Wike, the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), on Friday, September 13, 2024, challenged any of his critics to match his leadership.

Considered Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been enmeshed in a political crisis since 2023 after its loss at the presidential poll. Amid the crisis, Wike has emerged as a major dissenter.

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Wike dismisses disciplinary threats

Speaking on Friday night, on Channels Television's 'Politics Today', monitored by Legit.ng, Wike explained that he cannot be booted out of the PDP.

He said:

“There is no governor in PDP today; not anybody born of a woman, can say I am an outsider. Who?”

Continuing, the FCT minister said:

“Some of us have name to maintain. Before I took this appointment, I wrote to PDP. I wrote to PDP national, I wrote to PDP zonal, and I wrote to PDP in my state. My governor (Siminalayi Fubara) also signed the letter, giving me the go ahead to take the appointment.”

Furthermore, Wike alleged that several chieftains of the PDP sent names to President Bola Tinubu for appointment under the All Progressives Congress (APC) government.

He dared any PDP governor or national working committee (NWC) member of the party to come out publicly to accuse him of being a mole.

Watch Wike's interview below:

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