₦airaland Forum

NYESOM WIKE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RESIGN AS MINISTER AND FACE HIS OBSESSION WITH RIVERS POLITICS

1. My attention has been drawn to the tirade of the Minister of the FCT against my person and my office as the National Secretary of the APC. This is as regards my position that all members of the NWC must accord any sitting Governor his due respect and that the Governors remain the leaders of the Party in their States. It is shocking that such an innocuous statement can elicit such uncouth responses from no less than a member of the Federal Executive Council.

2. For the avoidance of doubt, our records indicate that Minister Nyesom Wike is not a member of our Party (APC) so he lacks the locus to dabble into the affairs our Party. And as National Secretary of the APC, I am imbued with the responsibility to protect the interests of the Party and all its members and structures. Hence, my comments regarding the affairs of the APC in Rivers State CANNOT be an undue interference in the affairs of Rivers State. As National Secretary, my activities cannot be confined to my home state, Osun State.

3. I also take exception to Wike reference to a certain N600 billion largesse in the State for which I and other APC leaders are scrambling. This is nothing but cheap blackmail which has become his stock-in-trade. My background, track-record is that of unquestionable intergrity and I challenge him to prove his allegations or we may meet in court.

4. As to his veiled threat against me, let me remind WIKE that he is not God and may be overplaying his political card. My faith is in God and will not succumb to cheap threats such as the one from WIKE. I am one of the young Nigerians that confronted Military rule, fighting for democracy, when the likes of Wike were nowhere in sight.

5. Let me also remind Nyesom Wike that his support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, does not automatically make him a member of the APC. Millions of non-APC Nigerians also support Mr. President and his own is no different. His attempt to destabilise our Party in Rivers State will not be tolerated and he cannot bring the spirit of PDP into the APC.

6. Finally, my advice to Nyesom Wike is that he cannot be in the Federal Executive Council of an APC Government and be causing confusion within any organ or structure of the Party at any level, using the leverage of that same office. The honourable thing to do is to resign his appointment as Minister.

Signed Senator Ajibola Basiru Ph.D., BL
National Secretary, APC

yarimo:
Senator Ajibola Basiru the APC National Secretary be careful, before the tiger of the Niger delta handle you with iron hand.

yarimo:
Senator Ajibola Basiru the APC National Secretary be careful, before the tiger of the Niger delta handle you with iron hand.

yarimo:
Senator Ajibola Basiru the APC National Secretary be careful, before the tiger of the Niger delta handle you with iron hand.

Maxymilliano:
When Wike was busy destroying PDP for the APC, where was Ajibola Basiru? He should know that what goes around always comes around.

seunmsg:
Wike himself needs to cool down. He’s overplaying his hand. There is a saying that “he who runs away from fight leave to fight another day”. “Maja masa lafin mo okunrin ogun”.

Now that Fubara is in APC, he should stop attacking him. His position as FCT minister is guaranteed. He singlehandedly nominated all the political appointees from Rivers State. God has been so kind to him. It’s time he let the governor be.

We want a united house in Rivers State and Wike is doing everything to make that impossible. If he wants to take control of APC in the state, he should resign from PDP and join the party. If not, he should leave the governor alone.

badoh:
Senator Basiru cannot have this boldness if he doesn't have the backing of the presidency. Wike needs to humble himself now and find a way to settle with Fubara as soon as possible cos it seems he's about to be discarded. He's overrating himself and his fall is near. Tinubu's plan is to handover APC rivers structure to Fubara with the support of Magnus Abe, if Wike decamps to ADC, he will still lose so he should borrow sense now and resolve with Fubara as soon as possible. In fact, if he's not careful, he may be sacked as FCT minister and EFCC will do the rest, my point.

sleek214:
Infighting will destroy APC

kpakpakpa:
Tinubu is keeping wike for rivers vote, once that is done, I trust my president to put him in his right place at the right time.
Politics no be chochocho


Tinubu till 2034

yarimo:
Senator Ajibola Basiru the APC National Secretary be careful, before the tiger of the Niger delta handle you with iron hand.

yarimo:
Senator Ajibola Basiru the APC National Secretary be careful, before the tiger of the Niger delta handle you with iron hand.

badoh:
Senator Basiru cannot have this boldness if he doesn't have the backing of the presidency. Wike needs to humble himself now and find a way to settle with Fubara as soon as possible cos it seems he's about to be discarded. He's overrating himself and his fall is near. Tinubu's plan is to handover APC rivers structure to Fubara with the support of Magnus Abe, if Wike decamps to ADC, he will still lose so he should borrow sense now and resolve with Fubara as soon as possible. In fact, if he's not careful, he may be sacked as FCT minister and EFCC will do the rest, my point.