PDP will collapse if I defect to APC – Wike

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has stated the Peoples Democratic Party would collapse if he have been to defect to the All Progressives Congress.

Wike made the comment throughout his end-of-year media chat in Port Harcourt on Monday, responding to questions on whether or not he would be a part of the ruling occasion.

The Information Company of Nigeria stories that Wike’s supporters within the Rivers State Home of Meeting, together with Governor Siminalayi Fubara, not too long ago left PDP for APC.

Wike, nonetheless, insisted that he stays a member of PDP and has no intention of leaving.

“Immediately, if I say I wish to decamp to APC, that would be the finish of PDP. You will note leaders of the occasion in different states who will be a part of me.

“If at present I say, gents, look, we’ve got had sufficient of PDP, watch those that will decamp in Benue; watch those that will decamp in Plateau, in Abia, in Edo,” he stated.

“However the mere truth that individuals have left PDP for APC doesn’t imply I’ve to go away. No, it’s not appropriate. I’m nonetheless a member of PDP,” he added.

On the doable takeover of his political construction in Rivers by Fubara, Wike assured his supporters that his political affect within the state stays uncontested.

He famous that Fubara’s defection to APC doesn’t mechanically make him the chief of the occasion in Rivers, not like conditions in Lagos and Kano states.

“There are exceptions to the rule. There’s nothing like 001 within the state; you register in your ward and never on the state degree.

“So, if there may be 001, it’s in your ward, as a result of each occasion member registers in his ward,” Wike stated.

The minister additional harassed that, past holding the place of governor, distinctive qualities are required to be a frontrunner worthy of followership.

He argued that Fubara’s transfer to APC was of little consequence, noting that the governor joined the occasion alone.

“If a governor is transferring to a different occasion, he strikes with council chairmen, occasion leaders, and members of the state meeting.

“In his case, the individuals had already left PDP and joined APC on their very own; as such, defecting to APC doesn’t assure him an computerized ticket for a second tenure,” Wike stated.

(NAN)