Stop Wike or Struggle To Get 2% Votes In FCT- APC Warns Tinubu Ahead Of 2027 Election
The President, Bola Ahmed- Tinubu has been urged by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to take some measures against the FCT minister,
Nyesom Wike from killing the party in the territory.
A report published by Leadership Newspapers revealed that the APC are of the opinion that Wike is killing the political structure of the party in FCT exhibiting disregard for the party and its leadership.
According to them, Tinubu is projected to struggle to get 2 percent votes in the 2027 presidential election in the FCT and that the party may lose the next Area Council election if he (Tinubu) fails to stop the minister.
The party leaders led by convener, Comrade Abdulwahab Ekekhide, and co-convener, David Omobolaji Obaje, expressed these concerns at a press conference in Abuja.
They noted that since the minister assumed office, he has refused to sit with the leadership of the party, even though the party has written him a series of letters for him to grant the party audience, but all to no avail.
Recall that Wike, a PDP member, was appointed FCT minister by President Tinubu, the leader of the APC.
Ekekhide, however, said the leadership and entire members of the APC family in the FCT, in unison, reject “in very strong terms the continuous lopsided appointments, abandonment and total disregard for the APC in FCT by the minister.
“We call on Mr. President, who is the Governor-General to call the Minister to order, so that he can retrace his steps and start empowering the party or else, the party will struggle to get 2% for the President in the 2027 Presidential election and may loose the next Area Councils election if the situation remains this way.
“As we all know, the President is the Governor-General of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), but delegates his powers to a Minister, and today Barr. Nyesom Wike is standing in for the President as Hon. Minister of the FCT.
“You will all recall, some months back when the Hon. Minister, Barr. Nyesom Wike was quoted to have said that “nobody can take over or kill his political structure in Rivers State”, so why is he now killing the Presidents political structure in the FCT?
“The reason why the APC in the FCT always lost elections is because the Ministers always import strangers who do not belong to any political ward, polling unit or have voting rights/influence in the FCT as appointees of government, but when it is time for general elections they will all park their bagages and travel to their various States thereby, leaving the FCT dry, without empowering its leaders and followers, so how do they expect the party to win elections.” He added.
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