I dare anyone to suspend me from PDP – Wike

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has openly challenged the leadership of his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to either suspend him or take disciplinary action against him.

Wike made this assertion during an interview on Wednesday on the Politics Today program on Channels Television.

Recalling recent events, it is worth noting that Nyesom Wike, the former governor of Rivers State and a prominent member of the PDP, assumed the role of FCT minister a few days ago under the administration of President Bola Tinubu from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

In response to the criticism he faced following his appointment, Wike clarified that he had informed the leadership of the PDP before accepting the ministerial position offered by President Tinubu.

Despite these circumstances, Wike expressed his skepticism about encountering any PDP leaders who would take the step to suspend him from the party.

When asked “Are you afraid that your party might move against you or expel you?”

Wike replied: “Who is the party?Who are the PDP people? How can anybody talk about expelling me? A State that brought a governor, a State that brought three senators, a state that produced 32 members out of 32 House of Assembly and produced 11 out of 13 House of Reps.

“The person that would suspend me is the one that couldn’t produce a governor, is the one that couldn’t produce senators and Assembly?

“Look, I have not seen that person with all due respect. I should be the one calling for their discipline for violating the party’s constitution.”