Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has debunked allegations of anti-party activities leveled against the Minister by some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\nWike\u2019s alleged romance with the All Progressives Congress, APC, since his recruitment into President Bola Tinubu\u2019s cabinet has been raising concerns amongst some PDP members.<\/p>\n
On different occasions, some stakeholders of the main opposition party had accused APC of fueling the leadership crisis rocking the main opposition party.<\/p>\n
Recall that Segun Sowunmi, a PDP chieftain and former spokesman of the party\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar in November 2024 claimed that President Tinubu was responsible for PDP\u2019s internal wranglings.<\/p>\n
According to Sowunmi, Tinubu has no business appointing Wike as Minister of FCT, without consulting with the elders of the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Obasanjo wanted to form a government of national unity, he wrote to the elders of the party but what did Tinubu do, he took one of us and put him in a strategic position and suddenly the whole thing is complicated.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he wants everything to be okay, sack Wike and return him back to PDP and see if the party will not have stamina and move fast\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
Similarly, a group of opposition lawmakers led by a member of the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere, on November 25 accused the party\u2019s National Working Committee, NWC of converting PDP to merely an \u201cerrand platform for the ruling party.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, \u201cYou have a national chairman and secretary who in 24 hours are in Nyesom Wike\u2019s bedroom, a minister in the APC government.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt a time when Nigeria is facing a serious crisis, our opposition is now in the bed of the ruling party\u201d.<\/p>\n
Addressing the matter in an exclusive interview on Saturday, Olayinka countered the critics, insisting that Wike is not working for APC but only serving his nation.<\/p>\n
According to him, \u201cWike is not working for APC, Wike is working for Nigeria. He is working for the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n
Olayinka lamented that the critics \u201cfailed to understand that there is a difference between the parliamentary system of government and the presidential system of government\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Minister\u2019s spokesperson explained that \u201cit is only in the parliamentary system of government that the formation of the cabinet is restricted to the party that controls the majority in the parliament\u201d.<\/p>\n
Countering allegations of anti-party activities against the FCT Minister, Olayinka said \u201cwhat is anti-party activity? Someone that informed his party that he was going to be appointed as minister by the ruling party and they didn\u2019t raise objections?.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it is time to play politics, we play politics. We had an election last year and one person won. That chapter has ended. Right now, it is time for governance. President Tinubu saw the potential in the FCT Minister and gave him an appointment\u201d.<\/p>\n
Making reference to the recent appointment of Atiku\u2019s former aide, Daniel Bwala as Tinubu\u2019s Special Adviser on Public Communication and Media, Olayinka said Wike\u2019s membership of Tinubu\u2019s cabinet makes no difference.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cThis is the same way he gave people appointments from other parties, even people who once insulted him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat role did Daniel Bwala play in the last election? He was Atiku\u2019s spokesman. Atiku funded him and he said several negative things against the president and now he is a special adviser to the president. How is that of Wike different?\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked if Wike would support a PDP candidate in the 2027 election, Olayinka simply said, \u201cwhen we get to the bridge, we will cross it.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurrently, the party doesn\u2019t have a candidate or even an aspirant. This is time for governance and not politics\u201d.<\/p>\n
Source: Daily Post Nigeria<\/b><\/p>\n
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