The Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees has extended an invitation to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, for a meeting aimed at resolving the party’s internal crisis.
Ningi said this on Wednesday while speaking with Arise TV.
According to Senator Abdul Ningi, a member of the PDP BOT, the invitation is part of efforts to address the party’s challenges, which arose from the last general election.
Ningi stated that some party members who did not achieve their desired outcomes are now working to destroy the party.
The senator emphasized that Wike’s actions, as a PDP member, are contradictory, as he is allegedly enriching and influencing other parties to fight the PDP.
Ningi noted that the BOT had previously met with Rivers State Governor, Siminalaya Fubara, and is now seeking a meeting with Wike to discuss the party’s unity.
The PDP BOT is working towards a united party, and Ningi expressed happiness that Wike has expressed his commitment to remaining in the party and fighting for its interests.
“The mindset of some key actors is that this party must not survive. This party does not warrant our sympathy because at a time in the immediate past, some people did not get what they wanted.
“They are members of the PDP, otherwise there wouldn’t have been crisis. You cannot be a member of the PDP and at the same time be a member of another party. You cannot be a member of the PDP and at the same time enriching or influencing other parties to fight the PDP,” he said.
He added that the decision to write Wike was after the BOT’s meeting with Rivers State Governor, Siminalaya Fubara.
He stated that Wike was part of Rivers State’s problem.
Ningi said he was happy that Wike said he would remain in the party and fight, adding that the BOT wants a united PDP.
“We have written a letter, the BOT has written a letter to him, to also meet him. When we were in Port Harcourt, we also tried to understand the irreducible minimum that the governor can give the party to survive in the state.
“And we have taken that. Our next venture is, of course, to see the FCT minister and have also a discussion with him,” Senator Ningi said.
