Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has slammed the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum over his directive to Sam Anyanwu on Wednesday, June 25.
Wike said Anyanwu is not an appointee of the Acting National Secretary of the PDP and cannot be ordered to resume at the whims and caprices of Damagum.
Recall that Damagum at a press conference in Abuja had directed Anyanwu to resume duties as the PDP’s National Secretary at the party secretariat.
According to Damagum, the party’s decision for Anyanwu to resume as PDP’s National Secretary after a series of internal party crises stems from the meeting with the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yakubu Mahmood.
However, reacting to the directive, Wike said, “I watched on national television and heard when the Acting National Chairman of PDP was directing the National Secretary to resume.
“The National Secretary is not your appointee, he has been doing his work, so you can’t call him to resume because of the illegalities you perpetrate.
“You didn’t show leadership that is why you put yourself where you are. It’s nobody’s making because the National Secretary has been working and will continue to work, he doesn’t require anybody to direct him to resume his work,” Wike stated.
The minister said this while commissioning the newly constructed interchange bridge of Arterial Road N20 (Wole Soyinka Way) over Outer Northern Expressway (Murtala Mohammed Expressway).
He also condemned the recent visit of the leaders of the PDP to INEC.
According to Wike, ignorance of party leaders on the tenets of law is not an excuse.
“I feel so bad when people can now move to INEC to direct them to obey the Supreme Court judgment, it’s most unfortunate.
“A political party will now go and ask INEC what they should we do and INEC will direct them to obey the Supreme Court judgment.
“You see, when you shoot yourself; you say it’s somebody that shot you. Continue to shoot yourself, I will not be a party to those that will shoot themselves,” Wike added.
The article was originally published on Politics Nigeria.
