PDP Crisis: I’ve nothing personal against Secondus— Wike

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has declared he has no personal problem with National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus.

Wike said his primary concern was to salvage the PDP from an impending doom occasioned by inert leadership.

He said: “Everybody believed that whatever the national chairman was doing was dictated by Wike and must have the backing of Wike. I believe when you support somebody, support him to succeed.

“But when things are also going wrong, if you don’t speak out, people will believe you are part of it. Therefore, I owe it as a duty to say things are not going right,” he said.

The Governor accused some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of stirring crisis in the party because of his governorship ambition.

He warned the PDP should be wary of agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC), bent in causing division in the party.

He alleged persons causing problems in the party were some former governors and ministers.

The governor said he did not have problems with former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and was unaware if Atiku wants to contest the presidency in 2023 because PDP has not yet zoned it.

Wike, who spoke as a guest of a television programme in Port Harcourt, said the resolution of the internal crisis rocking the PDP allayed his initial fear of possible implosion of the party.

He noted the manner in which PDP Governors and Board of Trustee members resolved the crisis had given Nigerians hope the party was prepared to take over the realms of power from the ruling APC in 2023.

(The Nation)