Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Emma Ogidi, has accused President Bola Tinubu and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike of collaborating to weaken and destabilise the opposition party.
Ogidi, while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, claimed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is interfering in PDP affairs in a manner he described as “a threat to democracy.”
“This APC government will do anything to make Nigeria a one-party state,” he alleged. Ogidi further insisted that President Tinubu is fully aware of the internal turmoil rocking the PDP. “Tinubu knows what is going on. Wike is his minister and is working for him. Wike is behind the destruction of our party. Tinubu is complicit; that was the assignment given to him.”
In spite of the crisis, Ogidi maintained that the PDP remains resilient. “He cannot destroy our party. The PDP is indestructible because it is the people’s party,” he said.
Responding to Wike’s assertion that no one can expel him from the PDP, Ogidi countered that every member is subject to party discipline. “No one is above the rules. If you violate them repeatedly, you can be expelled. The PDP belongs to everyone equally; nobody has more stake than another.”
Ogidi’s comments come amid intensifying internal divisions within the PDP. In November, a faction backed by Governors Seyi Makinde and Bala Mohammed announced Wike’s expulsion along with several others. Wike, however, insists he cannot be pushed out of a party he has belonged to since 1998.
The PDP has also seen a series of recent defections, deepening concerns about its stability ahead of future political contests.