The Conference of Professionals in the Peoples Democratic Party (CP-PDP) says party members have reached a consensus on the expulsion of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyeson Wike from the party for anti-party activities.
The group said it reached this conclusion after the collation of the views of PDP members
from the wards, local government, state and national levels on the conduct of the minister.
It disclosed that at the end of the collation on April 13, 2025, party members agreed that Wike should be summarily expelled from the party having openly aligned with the All Progressives Congress (APC) and publicly declared to work for the victory of the APC in the 2026 FCT council election and the 2027 presidential election.
CP- PDP Protem National Coordinator, Obinna Nwachuku, in a statement issued on Sunday, asserted that by their submissions, PDP members believe that Wike’s cross-party alignment and disdain for the party, and its organs violate Sections 10 (6), 57 and 58 of the PDP constitution (as amended in 2017) for which he should be expelled under Section 59 of the same constitution.
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“The position of party members is in consonance with the sustained stand of the CP-PDP in its desire to ensure sanity in the party.
“It must be noted that fundamental to the survival and success of a political party like the PDP is its capacity to implement the aspiration of majority of members, which is the only way to reassure the voting population and the general public of the seriousness of the party to effectively propagate public support for electoral victory.
“Against this backdrop the CP-PDP calls on all organs of the party and the PDP Governors’ Forum, being the most influential body in the party to summarily give force to this desire of the majority of the members and free the party from the stranglehold of individuals who parade, speak and act as if they own the PDP.
“The party must save itself from the influence and subterranean control of such individuals by dealing decisively with all contestations relating to the office of the national secretary, particularly concerning the expressed desires and demands of majority of the members of the party as already pronounced by the National Working Committee (NWC), the board of trustees and the PDP Governors’ Forum,” Nwachuku said.
He charged the national leadership of the PDP to instill discipline in the party by sanctioning all members who have aligned with the APC and the minister of the FCT to undermine the PDP.
Nwachuku restated the commitment of the group towards the stability, success, and growth of the PDP and the sustenance of democracy in Nigeria.
