…Says, Wike is no longer a PDP member, noting that the APC deliberately embraced him for political gains
ABUJA, NIGERIA- The iNews Times | The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) has no justification to protest the actions of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, insisting that the ruling party must bear the political consequences of its dealings with him in Rivers State.
The party maintained that Wike is no longer a PDP member, noting that the APC deliberately embraced him for political gains and therefore cannot feign surprise now that the relationship has become contentious.
Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, made the remarks while responding to the ongoing war of words between Wike and the APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, over developments in Rivers State.
Ememobong said the APC leadership might be operating on outdated information by assuming Wike still belonged to the PDP, stressing that the minister and his loyalists were expelled from the party. He added that the APC has neither the moral nor legal basis to disown someone it willingly engaged.
He argued that the law does not permit anyone to benefit from a wrong they created or complain about a self-inflicted problem, adding that what the APC once celebrated as a political advantage had now become a burden it must manage.
The PDP spokesman rejected attempts to rope his party into the dispute, saying the behaviour now being criticised by the APC was previously applauded when it served the ruling party’s interests.
He further stated that the APC alone enjoyed the benefits of Wike’s political actions and must therefore take responsibility for the fallout, warning that nurturing a political liability often ends with the sponsor bearing the consequences of its own choices.
