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‘Wike’s Nomination By Government Whose Legitimacy We’re Challenging In Court Is A Shame’- PDP Speaks On Suspending FCT Minister

It is a shame that a man who claims to be a PDP member will be nominated to serve a government…

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A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Governor has said the silence of the party’s acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, over claims by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nysom Wike, that he notified him in writing when he was nominated by President Tinubu for a ministerial position is worrisome.

According to the chieftain; “It is still like a dream that Wike’s claim that he wrote to the acting National Chairman has not been addressed by the man at the centre of all this.

“Why is Damagum silent? If Wike wrote to him, did he present the letter before the NWC members? Were they also aware? Perhaps, he needs more time to think and make up his mind on what to do.

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“Some of us have intervened privately but our advice has so far been ignored. This is not the PDP we used to know. I am not aware that any man or woman ever boasted on live television that he or she is bigger than the PDP.

“First, it is a shame that a man who claims to be a PDP member will be nominated to serve a government whose legitimacy we are challenging in court.

“It is even more shameful that the NEC and NWC are carrying on as if nothing has happened.”

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