Donald Duke makes fresh appeal to PDP as Wike insists he’s free to work for APC

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A former governor of Cross River State has urged PDP members to keep up their efforts to maintain the party’s unity and stability.

Internal disputes and the departure of important members to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party have caused problems for the PDP in recent years.

At the conclusion of the South-South Zonal Congress, which was held over the weekend in Calabar, Duke made the call, promising that if members remain unified, focused, and unwavering, the party can regain its position of power.

“I want to implore us to be focused and steadfast. There is no amount of struggle we cannot surmount.”

Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), informed the congress that he cannot be intimidated, oppressed, or prevented from working for the APC Federal Government by anyone in the party or Nigeria.

He maintained that he was not engaging in any anti-party activities.

He asserts that other important PDP figures are also improving the fortunes of other parties without receiving criticism.

“You have a BoT chairman who said he has no regrets in praising and supporting the LP governor in Abia State.

“The BoT chairman said he will continue to support the Abia governor until his second term ticket is guaranteed.

“Besides, the chairman of PDP Governors Forum went and celebrated that governor from another party who won election in his state against PDP and that was not seen as anti-party.

“The National Working Committee never rebuked the governor for adopting a governorship candidate of another party. You see hypocrisy,” Wike said.

He reiterated that nobody in Nigeria can oppress or intimidate him, stating he does not need to be a governor to know his right.

“I will continue to fight until the right thing is done and seen to have been done.”

Speaking further, the minister says, “Before I became the FCT minister, I wrote to the party and consulted with critical stakeholders of the PDP.

“They consented and said go and serve. So what offence have I committed? We have elders in this country who don’t tell their children the truth.

“For me, I say no, I must tell people the truth. It is wrong that political leaders have refused to tell the truth.

“We the Southern PDP leaders agreed that we should support a Southern President in 2023, with the likes of Bode George. This is the reason I ensured that Tinubu won the election.”

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