In an open letter to the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, Chief Edwin Clark has accused Nyesom Wike of anti-party activities and urged his expulsion from the party.
Clark, a leader of the Ijaw nation, alleged that Damagun is colluding with the Minister of FCT and former Governor of Rivers State to destroy the PDP.
He criticized Damagum for not taking action against Wike, despite his open defiance of the party.
The letter, titled “Whither Peoples Democratic Party (PDP): To be or not to be,” accused Wike of insulting party leaders, including Senator Adolphus Wabara, Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Clark called for a probe panel to investigate Wike’s activities and recommended his expulsion.
He also criticized Wike for pretending to support President Tinubu while secretly working against him, and accused him of having no standards, being ungrateful, and abusing those who helped him.
Clark questioned Wike’s claim to own PDP structures in Rivers State, citing the history of the party’s leadership in the state. He alleged that Wike is using bribery and intimidation to control the party and disrupt the governorship position in Rivers State.
The elder statesman called for Wike to leave the PDP, citing his destructive behavior and lack of discipline. He also mentioned his meeting with Major General Oyilola, the new chairman of the reconciliation committee, and questioned who Wike is being reconciled with, suggesting that Wike’s actions are causing problems within the party.
The letter reads, in part,
“As Acting National Chairman of your party, you took your party’ s NWC to court on the defection of the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, that because they did leave the PDP properly, they are still members of the party, even after the 27 members had publicly declared that they have defected, and had already been received by the APC.
“Your position Mr. Acting National Chairman is antithetical to the position of Section 109. You took your party’ s NEC to court, an organ you preside over.
“Yet you still have the presence of mind to remain in office, earning benefits that come with the office.
“From all indications, you are conniving with detractors of PDP to ruin the party, for the All Progressives’ Congress (APC). Allow Nigerians to decide what party they want through the ballot box.
“Stop colluding with Barr. Nyesom Wike to destroy the party. A day of reckoning will come for all of man’ s activities.
I wish and pray that you will not sell your soul and conscience for pecuniary and worldly gains, otherwise you, Barr Wike and your cohorts, will be consumed by the Rivers State crisis.
“Therefore, let me state again, set up a probe panel to investigate the obvious and open antiparty activities of Barr. Nyesom Wike and for insulting the foremost leader of the party, Senator Adolphus Wabara, Chairman, Board of the Trustees of the party, which is the soul of the party.
“In fact, he should be expelled from the party for his crime against the party.
“I also wish to use this medium to call on all responsible and reasonable PDP party elders and members to take a bold step to flush out Barrister Wike from the party.
“He is not above the party. He should be expelled from it.
Just last night, I watched the news when some persons claiming to speak in the interest of the PDP, in a press conference, were berating Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, a young man who today, is the only person who is openly speaking against the activities of Barr. Wike which are against the party.
“This group claim that Hon. Ugochinyere is working for the APC. If I may ask these young men, between Hon. Ugochinyere and Barr. Wike who is working for the APC, who is playing antiparty activities?
“I pray that these young men will search their conscience because everybody knows that Barr. Wike’ s madness in politics has
made him dance naked in the public, with one leg in the APC and the other in the PDP, with all the intention to bring down Siminilayi Fubara’s government, Nyesom Wike has to go, if PDP must survive. This is my humble submission.”
He took a swipe at Wike for pretending to support President Tinubu while secretly working against him.
Clark accused Wike of having no standards, being ungrateful, and abusing those who helped him, including former Governor Peter Odili.
He questioned Wike’s claim to own PDP structures in Rivers State, citing the history of the party’s leadership in the state.
The elderstatesman alleged that Wike is using bribery and intimidation to control the party and disrupt the governorship position in Rivers State.
He also condemned Wike’s use of the police to supervise illegality and protect his interests.
He called for Wike to leave the PDP for the party to survive, citing his destructive behavior and lack of discipline.
Clark mentioned his meeting with Major General Oyilola, the new chairman of the reconciliation committee, and questioned who Wike is being reconciled with, suggesting that Wike’s actions are causing problems within the party.