According to Timothy Osadolor, a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nyesom Wike, the former Governor of Rivers State, is no longer affiliated with the party.
Osadolor cited Wike’s behavior leading up to and following the 2023 general elections as grounds for this assertion.
He expressed concern over Wike’s recent public appearances, hinting at his affinity towards the All Progressives Congress (APC), and called out Wike’s persistent desire for attention irrespective of the potential damage to his image as an opposition leader.
Osadolor said, “The PDP has ignored Wike because the man is no longer himself. There are more ways to deal with people apart from sanctioning them.
“You can keep someone in isolation. He (Wike) can boast that he is the one that stayed away but is it not better to stay away than come to party activities and nobody wants to associate with you? He has been given a cold treatment because he went to court to procure a judgment that says he cannot be suspended but there is no judgment that says he cannot be avoided.
“That is what the PDP has been doing to him and technically, if Wike wants to say the truth, he will tell you that he is no longer a member of the PDP. No PDP leader or member behaves the way he does.”
However, a former Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications and PDP stalwart, Chris Finebone, has asserted that Wike remains a legitimate member of the opposition party.
Finebone dismissed the accusation of Wike associating with Tinubu, labelling it as trivial and baseless.
He argued that Osadolor lacks the authority to speak on behalf of the party and affirmed that Wike is 110% a member of the PDP and nothing can change it.
Article updated 2 months ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
