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| Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by DaniellaDokubo(f): 3:39pm On May 14 |
For the first time, some people in the PDP are playing politics with strategy, and it's a beautiful thing to watch. Wike, once the undisputed kingpin of the party, is now in a chokehold of his own making. Here's how it went down: 1. Wike is in a chokehold of the PDP. 2. Some persons led by Atiku Abubakar want to take back the party from him. 3. But to do that, you either outspend him or cut off his source of funding - Rivers treasury. 4. So they quickly supported Sim when his feud started with Wike. 5. To prove what I've always said about Nigerian politicians being overrated, 27 elected lawmakers dumped the PDP and joined APC!!! 6. It was a most stupid decision, as that means they've lost their seats!!! 7. Losing their seats would mean that Wike has lost the legislature and can no longer control Sim and the Rivers treasury. Game check!! 8. Because they couldn't justify their exit, and facing a constitutional expulsion, Wike ran to the president to broker a non-binding truce. The mistake is done already. 9. The people who wanted Wike out of PDP were succeeding. 10. No matter how much Wike wanted to annoy them, they refused to get annoyed. 11. Initially, Wike did not understand why Atiku and co refused to struggle with him for the chairmanship and leadership of PDP. 12. The reason was simple: if there was any disagreement of any sort, the PDP lawmakers who decamped to APC would latch on it as a division. 13. While Wike was rejoicing initially that Damagun was not removed and looking invincible, with nobody, including Atiku, putting up a fight, he is beginning to realize why. 14. Sensing that Wike's game is up, and with support from some stakeholders, Sim has now come out full swing. 15. He declared the PDP-APC lawmakers as non-existent and suddenly a new loyal speaker has emerged. 16. He visits the legislative quarters and issues an executive order relocating the assembly sitting venue. And boom! A court issues an interim order restraining the entire PDP-APC lawmakers from parading themselves as such. 17. However, Wike still has money to spend and won't stop spending yet. But the fund source has been closed. So, he is spending his stolen savings, and it must have a limit. 18. The loyal Wike LGA chairmen have started screaming. Why? The governor has cut off funds. 19. The assembly members would soon join. 20. Wike will have to keep sending money to these persons monthly or else his ranks will break. 21. Unfortunately, Wike has since lost his popularity, but he doesn't seem to know it. The coming days will be interesting, indeed. Wike's house of cards is crumbling, and he's running out of tricks to keep his political empire afloat. It's a classic case of "you can't outsmart smart." 17 Likes |
| Re: Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by Efuaye(m): 3:53pm On May 14 |
You'll be dispensed quickly when you think you're indispensable! Wike and his boys overreached themselves with their continuous verbal attacks on a sitting governor they thought was a lame dog 6 Likes |
| Re: Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by peleson1: 4:54pm On May 14 |
Wike has no men in Rivers State. The President owes Wike nothing rather woke is using the presidency as cover He is a liability 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by A4alpha: 5:03pm On May 14 |
The fund his war chest will not be too hard for him, he Wike is still in government and Tinubu may bankroll him to continually destabilize PDP. Efuaye: 1 Like |
| Re: Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by Bulldozer90: 6:20pm On May 14 |
Lol |
| Re: Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by Efuaye(m): 6:23pm On May 14 |
A4alpha: President Tinubu wouldn’t dare because he already has so much to chew. If care isn’t taken, he will be porting to Fubara eventually. River state money surpasses whatever Wike can glean from FCT. He’s just a federal minister who is at the mercy of the President, unlike Sim with executive powers 3 Likes |
| Re: Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by gaby(m): 6:38pm On May 14 |
Checkmate... 1 Like |
| Re: Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by fergie001: 7:19pm On May 14 |
I still want to know why those lawmakers defected. Whomever okayed that decision played a smart one on them. 3 Likes |
| Re: Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by BondRiv: 7:50pm On May 14 |
Tales by moonlight. |
| Re: Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by DMerciful(m): 7:58pm On May 14 |
They shouldn't all have defected at the same time. Wike's camp was overconfident fergie001: 2 Likes |
| Re: Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by Validated: 8:09pm On May 14 |
fergie001:That was the early days of the disagreement. All Wike's supporters were asked to "resign" technically to frustrate Fubara. Commissioners resigned, but only way for lawmakers to resign was to port to APC. When the president intervened, the Commissioners were reinstated, but a ported lawmaker cannot just return like that, after publicly announcing his resignation from PDP. Perhaps Wike was to also move to APC, but he has seen that there is NO place for him there. |
| Re: Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by westlius(m): 8:17pm On May 14 |
fergie001:Wike wanted to prove to the presidency he controls Rivers politics not knowing he shot himself in the leg. I feel for the former speaker Martins, the gov will let him no there is power with the sit of a giv. 2 Likes |
| Re: Wike's House Of Cards: How Atiku Outsmarted The PDP Strongman by Carazon: 8:17pm On May 14 |
A4alpha: President Tinubu will prefer to work with Sim than Wike come next election, reason is that Wike makes a lot of noise and enemies before delivering while Sim seems to be a silent achiever, one thing Sim has in common with Tinubu. Mind you that after the peace deal, Sim kept or pretend that he is keeping his own side of the bargain, reason many see him as a weak man while the ex lawmakers i.e Wike's boys went on rampage, started dictating for the governor, showing the governor that he is a defeated man without any strategy apart from the order from above. All these they did forgetting that Tinubu hates people without strategy. Example is the way he dumped Asari Dokubo and Oluomo. Working with empty barrels is the worst mistake a leader can make. This is what cause GEJ his second term. He worked with people that can't do anything without federal power 1 Like |
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