Wike: I’m still a PDP member — now is time for governance, not politics

Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says he is still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The minister spoke in Abuja on Thursday during a media parley with journalists.

Last year, Wike led a group of five former PDP governors, who rebelled against Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election.

Atiku lost the election to Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The rebellion led by Wike was said to have contributed to Atiku’s loss.

After the elections, Tinubu appointed Wike as FCT  minister despite being a member of the opposition party.

Addressing journalists, the former governor of Rivers state said PDP cannot discipline him because he is an advocate of party’s constitution.

“I am a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),” Wike said.

“Have you ever seen me change anything? The one I supported before, what happened? I have decided to take a break. As you see me now, everybody should carry their cross.

“I was in PDP and I did not hide it: I told them I was not going to support their presidential candidate. Is it that I spoke or acted in a way people did not understand?

“Discipline me for what? That I did what? I am an advocate of the party’s constitution. Assuming we lost the governorship election, will they be talking about Rivers as a PDP state?

“Now is the time for governance. Now is the time to do your assignment. The president has given me an assignment and I am busy carrying out my assignment.

“When the time for politics comes, we would know who is where and who is not where.”