A group of lawyers within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has finalized plans to take legal action against the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike, for allegedly defaming the party’s leadership.
The Conference of Professionals in the Peoples Democratic Party (CP-PDP), in a statement released on Sunday, accused Wike of crossing the red line with his recent verbal attacks on the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC).
The group criticized his remarks, particularly his recent media outburst where he challenged the PDP leadership and referred to the NWC as “stupid.”
Barrister Obinna Nwachukwu, the Protem National Coordinator of CP-PDP, called for Wike’s expulsion from the party, stating, “After cataloguing Chief Wike’s demarketing utterances and actions which are having damaging effect on our party, including disparaging the PDP leadership, declaring loyalty to the All Progressives Congress (APC) government and openly endorsing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for re-election in 2027, the CP-PDP restates its demand to the NWC to sanitize and save the party by expelling the FCT minister as a member of the PDP.”
He further emphasized that Wike’s continued association with the PDP was harmful to the party’s stability and integrity.
“Chief Wike has pitched tents with the APC government; he has not been demonstrating the desired loyalty, allegiance and respect expected of a member to the PDP and its organs; his utterances and actions as a member of the PDP are destroying our party and there is a limit to which such should be allowed if the PDP must survive.”
The CP-PDP issued a direct appeal to the party’s leadership, warning of further action if Wike is not sanctioned.
“This statement by the CP-PDP therefore serves as an open letter to the NWC and all other Organs of our party to immediately take disciplinary action against the FCT minister or this Conference will be left with no other option than to declare him a persona non-grata to PDP offices, meetings and functions across the country. He should leave the PDP alone and declare for the APC where he is already a government official.”
The group also announced that legal steps were already in motion to seek redress in court.
“Moreover, our body of lawyers, as members of the PDP, are already compiling materials to approach a court for redress against the Minister for defaming our party.”
