LAGOS – Former deputy of Akwa Ibom State, Chris Ekpenyong identified that Nyesom Wike’s actions are influenced by the perceived weak spot inside the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP).
Ekpenyong reminded everybody that Wike had issued warnings about sparking unrest in states ruled by the PDP.
Ekpenyong highlighted that the minister’s conduct stems from the PDP’s weakened state, noting that such actions wouldn’t have occurred if the get together held extra energy.
He expressed remorse over the PDP’s demise, attributing it to being absorbed by state governors.
The ex-senator, in an interview with journalists in Uyo on Sunday, expressed his views.
He stated, “Inquiring a couple of younger man who maybe obtained initiated right into a political get together and rose from being an area authorities chairman underneath the steerage of his mentor – Dr. Peter Odili – to his present place.
He now claims he goals to problem the foundation trigger, as every thing has a root. I received’t have interaction in a dispute with him, however I imagine he’s capitalizing on our get together’s deviation from its unique imaginative and prescient and mission set by its founders. In any other case, you wouldn’t witness a governor inside the PDP overshadowing the get together; it shouldn’t have occurred. Nevertheless, I’m curious to see how he plans to confront this.”
“That may certainly be a shock to find out if the PDP continues to be respiration. The PDP has retreated right into a shell, it’s but to be resuscitated, and he believes he has the energy to struggle, however I don’t assume so.”
As per the ex-deputy governor, the PDP’s decline was because of the absence of equity and the imposition of management.
“The PDP is a nationwide get together current in each nook of Nigeria, based on ideas of social justice and equity, which means you’ll be able to’t merely handpick; you need to comply with a course of and be the selection of the individuals. It wasn’t a celebration of imposition, a spot the place being a governor made you a deity, however these days, the PDP has been engulfed by governors, and management now not originates from the individuals,” he elaborated
