The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has acknowledged that he wouldn’t reply to calls by the chief of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, who referred to as for him to be investigated and kicked out of the Peoples Democratic Party, noting that the latter was not a member of the get together.
The Minister acknowledged this on Wednesday, throughout a media parley with newsmen, to mark his first yr in workplace because the FCT Minister.
The PUNCH reviews that Clark, in a letter to the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Damagum, on Tuesday, urged him to “instantly arrange a probe panel/committee to probe members like Nyesom Wike, and if discovered responsible, to face the suitable sanctions as prescribed by the get together’s structure. (https://punchng.com/dont-team-up-with-wike-to-destroy-pdp-clark-tells-damagun/)
Responding nevertheless, Wike mentioned he didn’t recognise Clark as a member of the get together, stating that the Ijaw chief had stood towards his ambition to be Governor in 2014, regardless of which he had contested and gained, and that nobody had contributed to the progress of the get together as he had.
He additionally mentioned that there was nothing for him to be investigated for, noting that the elder statesman had referred to as for a Southern Presidency, which he had heeded and likewise supported.
“I don’t know the get together that Chief Clark belongs to. Frankly talking, since I entered the PDP I’ve by no means seen him at any PDP assembly. I don’t wish to react to elder statesmen like that. But let me let you know the historical past so that folks will know. In 2014 once I got here out to run, Edwin Clark now mentioned no, that it was the flip of the Ijaws, and that nothing would make me be the Governor. I mentioned ‘Well, it is my right to run, and I fail and I come back’. But to the Glory of God, I ran, and I gained.
“Since then, Edwin Clark has written me letters, however I’ve refused to speak to anyone. I mentioned I can’t reply. I used to be not a foul individual once I championed for the Ijaw man to be Governor; I’ve grow to be a foul individual just because there are points, and I saved quiet.
“There is nothing Chief Edwin Clark an elder statesman has not said, but I will never, I will not reply to anything. If there is anybody who has contributed to the growth of PDP as far as today, it is me. So, when I read that he said they should investigate me, investigate me for what? He was one of those who was talking about a Southern president, and I supported a Southern president, so what are you going to investigate me for? Chief Edwin Clark was one of those who said power must rotate to go to the South, so what is the crime I have committed that I also believe in that?,” he mentioned.