Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said the Peoples Democratic Party would collapse if he were to defect to the All Progressives Congress
Wike made the remark during his end-of-year media chat in Port Harcourt on Monday, responding to questions about whether he would join the ruling party.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Wike’s supporters in the Rivers State House of Assembly, including Governor Siminalayi Fubara, recently left PDP for APC.
Wike, however, insisted that he remains a member of PDP and has no intention of leaving.
“Today, if I say I want to decamp to APC, that will be the end of PDP. You will see leaders of the party in other states who will join me.
“If today I say, gentlemen, look, we have had enough of PDP, watch those who will decamp in Benue; watch those who will decamp in Plateau, in Abia, in Edo,” he said.
“But the mere fact that people have left PDP for APC does not mean I have to leave. No, it is not correct. I am still a member of PDP,” he added.
On the possible takeover of his political structure in Rivers by Fubara, Wike assured his supporters that his political influence in the state remains uncontested.
He noted that Fubara’s defection to APC does not automatically make him the leader of the party in Rivers, unlike situations in Lagos and Kano states.
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