Wike accuses Makinde of betrayal, pull out of PDP reconciliation agreements
Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has withdrawn from all reconciliation agreements within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing a breakdown of trust and continued violations of internal pacts by key party figures.
In a statement on Sunday, Wike accused Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah of undermining the unity and stability of the party, especially by violating what he described as “a gentleman’s agreement” reached at a high-level meeting involving PDP stakeholders.
“Since after the 2023 General Election, the PDP has been wantonly swinging from one part of a slippery precipice to another, owing fundamentally to dishonesty and lack of trust amongst its key stakeholders,” Wike said, describing the party’s internal situation as a “pernicious virus of dishonesty and treachery.”
According to the former Rivers governor, a series of meetings were held in Lagos and Abuja in an effort to resolve the crisis, including sessions with Governors Makinde, Bala Mohammed, Umaru Fintiri, and former Senate President Bukola Saraki. He said that while some progress was made—including affirming Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s National Secretary, those efforts have been derailed.
“It is disheartening to note that even before the Bukola Saraki Reconciliation Committee began its work, the gentleman’s agreement we reached at Saraki’s Guest House was already being crudely violated,” Wike said.
Wike accused Makinde of orchestrating moves within the party to sideline Anyanwu by promoting the Deputy National Secretary to act as National Secretary, an action he described as a “farce” and a clear breach of their earlier consensus.
He also criticised a South-East PDP leaders’ meeting allegedly convened to force the adoption of Ude Okoye as national secretary, calling the resolution “null and void.”
The former Rivers State governor further lamented the disruption of a zonal congress in Jos, which he said was rendered invalid after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declined to attend because the invitation was not signed by the legally recognised National Secretary.
“This is undeniably distasteful, provocative and annoying, to say the least,” he said.
Wike, a founding member of the PDP, expressed disappointment over what he sees as ingratitude from party members he had supported in the past.
“It is on record that none of these persons have done anything close to what I have done to sustain this party,” he said. “I contributed substantially to most of these governors winning their elections, yet I have not made any personal demands on any of them and I would never do so.”
Declaring his exit from all prior reconciliatory commitments, Wike concluded, “Most importantly, I had thought that we could keep the trust amongst us, but since it is now obvious that they would continue to play games to the detriment of the party… I have now firmly decided to pull out of all agreements hitherto reached. I have decided to fight on until justice is attained.”
