- Says Wike Will Become A Political Orphan To Tinubu
- Buhari Didn’t Want Tinubu As President, Never Trusted Osinbajo
- I Will Put Fire In Your States, Wike Warns PDP Govs
- Says Nobody Will Take Away River State PDP Structure From Him
While the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is grappling with internal tensions, former Jigawa State Governor Alhaji Sule Lamido has alleged that President Bola Tinubu is using former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike as a tool to destabilize the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Lamido’s statement comes amidst ongoing crises within the PDP in various states. He alleges that Tinubu is exploiting Wike’s influence to undermine the opposition party.
Moreover, the party is yet to resolve its internal crisis among bigwigs and party leadership in Rivers, Edo, Kogi, Ekiti State and Benue State.
Senator Dino Melaye, a former governorship candidate in Kogi State, is facing criticism within his party over his recent accusations against senior leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
On the other hand is Samuel Ortom, former Governor of Benue State listed among a group of members suspended by the party for misconduct
In-between is Wike, a former governor of Rivers State and prominent PDP member, currently serves in the APC-led administration as FCT Minister.
On Lamido’s accusation of Wike being used as a bait, Lamido claims imply that President Tinubu is taking advantage of Wike’s influence to destabilize the PDP.
The Matrix reports Lamido, a former foreign affairs minister, saying: ”Wike is our creation, we made him. Where was Wike in 1999? Somebody who was your own invention, whom you thought you could develop, groom as a future leader now tells you that he is his own person now, what do you do?
”To me, Wike is not a factor. If Tinubu is not tolerating him, who is Wike? So, Wike is there today because the environment is there for him to manipulate and exploit. Simple.
”We are putting political expediency over national interest. Wike is being hyped by Tinubu to destroy the PDP but destroying the PDP also means destroying Tinubu.”
Lamido predicted that Wike and Tinubu would eventually fall out and be the biggest losers in their political scheming.
“He will become a political orphan to Tinubu and both of them are going to lose because the entire arrangement is unholy; it is immoral, it is (un-Nigerian).
”This issue of betrayal, undermining your party isn’t part of our culture. No matter how long he serves Tinubu, ultimately, both of them are going to lose because the country is losing.
”So, Wike was never planted. He was simply identified, he is a willing character who lacks the morality and the good character and honour not to disown his own party. He has mortgaged his own party,” Lamido stated.
~Buhari Didn’t Want Tinubu As President, Never Trusted Osinbajo ~
Furthermore, the former Governor disclosed that former President Muhammadu Buhari never wanted President Bola Tinubu to succeed him, claiming that Buhari never trusted his former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, adding that the former President wanted ex-Senate President Ahmed Lawan.
“Prior to the convention, he (Tinubu) was in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he boasted that it was his turn to rule Nigeria. And Buhari, very naive, was watching. He never liked Tinubu. There was somebody he wanted.
“He didn’t even trust his own vice president, Professor (Yemi) Osinbajo; he wanted Ahmed Lawan, but his calculation was absurd. You have done eight years for the North and you wanted another Northerner for another eight years?! No. Maybe later but there are some dynamics which you can’t alter, not in Nigeria of today.
“The president of Nigeria, after being in office for eight years, lacked the courage to push through his anointed choice. He was there at the convention and Tinubu that he never liked, he never believed in emerged. Tinubu knows that his victory wasn’t from Buhari, therefore, he owes him nothing.” he said
Meanwhile, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has gone through the roof, threatening that he will ’cause political crisis in the state of any governor who tries to interfere in the affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State.’
“Let me assure all of you, not while we live will anybody take away the structure of PDP from us. But let me tell people, I hear some governors who say they will take over the structure and give back to somebody, I pity those governors because I will put fire in their states.
“When God has given you peace, you say you don’t want peace – anything you see you take,” Wike said.
“Because I heard they got some money from signature bonus and so their heads are getting big that you will put hand in my own state. Prepare because I have the capacity to also do the same thing in your own state.
“Whether you are from Bauchi I don’t give a damn, whichever state you are from, as far as I know, that you are trying to put yourself in Rivers State, your hand will get burnt and you will never sleep in your state,” he said.
