ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s National Working Committee (NWC) to suspend Atiku Abubakar.
Wike, who is serving as a minister under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), told his party, PDP, to suspend the immediate past governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal.
Atiku was the PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, while Tambuwal was a former Governor of Sokoto State and current Senator in the opposition party.
The former Governor of Rivers State made the call while appearing on Channels Television on Thursday evening.
According to the minister, the actions of Tambuwal and Atiku obstruct the progress of the PDP, adding that their suspension would stabilise the opposition party.
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Wike made the comment while reacting to the judgment of the Presidential election petition court in Abuja on Wednesday, 6 September. He added that the judges have shown that they understood the polity and they cannot be intimidated against doing what is right.
He said the PDP failed to consider the people’s mood in the country, adding that this was why the party lost and that the opposition party must do away with arrogance.
Wike said: “That is why I am calling on the National Working Committee of the party to suspend the Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the immediate governor of Sokoto State Aminu Tambuwal, from the party so that they can rebuild the party.”
Atiku was the PDP Presidential candidate in the 2023 election, while Tambuwal was a former governor of Sokoto State and current Senator in the opposition party.