Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Sani, has asserted that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is aware of various meetings of the faction led by Taminu Turaki.
NewsWatch Nigeria reports that Sani, during an interview on ARISE Television, dismissed Wike’s threats to shut down venues of their meeting, noting that the Minister cannot do anything.
Speaking about the ongoing leadership crisis rocking the party, Sani accused Wike of repeatedly using government instruments to frustrate meetings held by rival factions within the PDP.
While describing Wike’s moves as ‘the last kick of a dying horse’, Sani insisted that members of his PDP group were not disturbed by the development, maintaining that they remained the party’s legitimate leadership.
Sani further stated that his group was awaiting the Certified True Copy, CTC, of the recent Supreme Court judgment, which he said would determine the next phase of the leadership battle within the PDP.
The PDP chieftain further stated that similar tactics were previously employed during the tenure of the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, whenever meetings perceived as unfavourable to Wike’s camp were scheduled.
He said, “Wike knows where we have been holding meetings. He knows the place, and he has not sealed it off yet. He can’t.
“It is a matter of time. Nevertheless, what he has said is merely an intimidation tactics.
“This is not new to us. Even when Damagun was the chairman, anytime we are going to hold a meeting that he is not satisfied, that the outcome of that meeting may not favor him, he will go and seal the National Secretariat and say, we have not paid ground rent. We have not paid tenement rate, we have not done this.
“Well, these were all tactics that he has been using. He will go and seal our annex office, which is the legacy house. So it is his own style to do that.
“We are not bothered. He knows we have been holding meetings. He knows we have been holding NEC meetings. So he can’t do anything.
“What he’s just trying is the last kick of a dying horse because he knows we are now the legitimate people.
“We are just waiting for CTC of the Supreme Court judgment for them to pack their bags and baggage and leave Wadata Plaza to his office. That’s why he’s now trying to fight us using the instrument as the FCT minister.”
