{"id":160411,"date":"2025-04-25T19:24:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/damagum-wikes-aide-blasts-ugochinyere-for-asking-pdp-to-expel-fct-minister-anyanwu"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:38:35","slug":"damagum-wikes-aide-blasts-ugochinyere-for-asking-pdp-to-expel-fct-minister-anyanwu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/damagum-wikes-aide-blasts-ugochinyere-for-asking-pdp-to-expel-fct-minister-anyanwu","title":{"rendered":"Damagum: Wike\u2019s aide blasts Ugochinyere for asking PDP to expel FCT Minister, Anyanwu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has branded the House of Representatives member from Ideato Federal constituency of Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere a liar.<\/p>\n<p>Olayinka described Ugochinyere as a political Hushpuppi looking for a platform to practice his alleged nefarious activities.<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting to the lawmakers call for the Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee, NWC, to expel Wike and embattled National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu from the party.<\/p>\n<p>Ugochinyere had claimed that expelling Wike and Anyanwu as well as removing Umar Damagum as PDP National Chairman would end the crisis within the party.<\/p>\n<p>Warning of an imminent danger, Ugochinyere had said: \u201cAverting this imminent danger which will happen in a matter of days, the NWC must immediately rise up and summon an emergency meeting of the party with their simple majority which they already have with or without Damagum to expel Anyanwu who is the political traitor from the party and also rectify the removal of Damagum by appointing a North Central person as the substantive National Chairman of our party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But condemning the lawmaker\u2019s claims, Olayinka said he will no longer be available for the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>In a chat with DAILY POST, Olayinka said: \u201cUgochinyere is one of the lies and deceits of the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA political hushpuppi who\u2019s always looking for platform to practice his Yahoo Yahoo politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery soon, PDP will look for him and he will be nowhere available to the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has branded the House of Representatives member from Ideato Federal constituency of Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere a liar. 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