Abuja APC threatens Tinubu over Wike’s appointment of PDP members

• He implored president Bola Tinubu to call Wike to order as his (Wike) actions if left unchecked could hinder Tinubu’s second term bid

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter of the All Progressives Congress has warned that the management of the FCT’s affair by minister Nyesom Wike could destabilise the party.

At a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the party’s members in Abuja bemoaned the appointment of members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers state into positions in the FCT.

They lambasted Wike for sidelining indigenous people and APC members in the appointments, saying such move portends danger for the party.

An FCT APC chieftain, Abdulwahab Ekekhide, said Wike’s action would decimate the APC and hamper its ability to win elections in Abuja.

He implored president Bola Tinubu to call Wike to order as his (Wike) actions if left unchecked could hinder Tinubu’s second term bid.

He said “killing the political structure of the APC in FCT due to his lack of regard for the party and its leadership,” adding that he ignored several letters from the party seeking to meet with him.

“We call on Mr President to caution the minister. Let him start empowering the party or else, the APC will struggle to get two per cent and the President may lose the next area councils election in 2027 if the situation remains this way. These recent appointments have shown that Wike wants to finally kill and bury the party. His agenda we don’t know but we will resist any further attempts to ridicule the party,” he added.

He also alleged that the APC loses elections in the FCT because “successive ministers import strangers who do not belong to any political ward or polling unit or have voting rights as appointees. But when it is time for general elections, they will pack their baggage and travel to their various states, leaving the FCT dry.”

Adding his voice, the party’s youth leader in the FCT, Isaac David, said “The minister’s PVC wasn’t registered in the FCT here. Same goes to the PDP loyalists and supporters he is bringing into Abuja for appointments. If they are ignoring us the indigenes and the FCT APC members, we will see who will vote him back in 2027.”

David, therefore, added that the APC youths in the FCT will “withdraw our support from Mr President. Let us see how he plans to win the FCT in 2027.”