Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has thrown down the gauntlet to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging them to expel him.
Addressing the possibility of expulsion from the party for alleged anti-party activities, Wike boldly asserted, “Nobody can expel me.”
Wike made this statement during an appearance on Channels Television’s program, “Politics Today.”
The former governor of Rivers State said that he has not encountered any PDP leader with the authority to remove him from the party.
“The person who will suspend me is when I couldn’t produce a governor, three senators, Assembly members. I have not seen that person. Nobody will do it,” Wike said.
“Who will discipline me? I should be the one calling for the discipline of these people who violated the party constitution,” the minister added.
He continued, “The way that the party said there must be rotation and you violated the constitution of the party. Who dares say that they will suspend me? Who is that person? I want to dare anybody who will say that.”
Wike clarified that his allegiance is to President Bola Tinubu, not the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that he owes no apologies to anyone.
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“I am not working for the APC. I am working for Tinubu who has trust in me to help him deliver the Renewed Hope,” adding, “I owe nobody any apology at all. I was in the PDP and I worked for Ahmed Bola Tinubu to become the President of Nigeria.”
Turning to administrative matters, the FCT minister revealed that the Abuja Metro Line is anticipated to be operational within the next eight months.
He pledged to restore the FCT masterplan, irrespective of whose interests might be impacted, saying the wealthy ones in the FCT are the lawbreakers.
“The Abuja metro line would be ready within the next eight months,” the minister said, adding, “Today in this country, who are the major lawbreakers?
“Is there any poor man who is doing something to distort the master plan of the FCT? Is there any poor man living in Asokoro, that is living in Maitama or Garki? So, what are we talking about?”