Wike in trouble, as PDP, APC, LP and APGA showdown at the House of Assembly to move against Wike’s ally as the Minority Leader.
Senators are bracing for a battle with Rivers State’s immediate past governor, Nyesome Wike, over what they see as his attempt to impose his choice as Senate Minority Leader on them.
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Senators from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and Young Progressives Party (YPP) who were sworn in yesterday promised to oppose any such action.
Wike is currently unpopular among certain PDP stakeholders, who blame him for the party’s defeat in the February 25 presidential election.
Yesterday, party sources told The Nation that a scheme by The anti-Wike forces’ efforts to censure him and other G5 members are undermining the PDP’s acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum’s, reconciliation efforts.
They swore to oppose any attempt to impose a one-party dictatorship in the Senate. Any attempt to impose a one-party dictatorship would be met with resistance and failure.
The statement was signed by only one All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South), and two Social Democratic Party (SDP) senators, Godiya Akwashiki (Nasarawa North) and Ahmed Wadada (Nasarawa West).
Abaribe was a PDP member before switching to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the run-up to the 2015 election when the PDP denied him a return ticket.
Despite the fact that the signatories There was no mention of anyone in their message, but insiders suggested they were thinking of Wike.
It was discovered that the signatories were already anxious that Wike had succeeded in getting his ally, Kingsley Chinda, endorsed as the new Minority Leader of the House by the Minority Caucus.
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They were also alleged to be upset with him for rallying support for Senate President Godswill Akpabio over Senator AbdulAziz Yari, their preferred candidate for the position.
Wike spent over two hours with Akpabio at the National Assembly on Thursday evening.
According to a source, Wike may be putting his support behind Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe (Cross River North) in the campaign for Minority Leader.
