Tension In PDP As Turaki Group Challenges Wike Over Office Sealing

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction led by Kabiru Turaki has challenged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to close its operational office in Abuja.

The challenge followed Wike’s earlier in the week monthly media chat where he asked the Turaki-led group to prove its authenticity by operating transparently.

The minister also threatened to close down any building used by the faction for its activities.

The Cable quoted the former PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary and private principal secretary to Turaki, Ibrahim Abdullahi, as saying that the faction already operates from a temporary office.

“He said Wike knew where it was and should take over the office if he could.

Abdullahi said, “We have been running from an office. He knows where it is. He ought to go there and take possession of the office, if he can.

“It is an interim office but we are having meetings and doing our functions.

He warned that the crisis rocking the PDP was escalating and pushing the country into what he called a Hobbesian state of anarchy, “where life is brutish, short and nasty.”

Wike lambasted by Ememobong
The spokesperson of the Turaki faction, Ini Ememobong, however, called Wike’s threat delusional.

He said the PDP maintains party accounts, which the FCT minister was aware of.

“His delusional boast of dealing with banks that will open accounts for us is delusional, as he is already aware that we are operating accounts of the party, which is why his group of friends are receiving money through private accounts,” Ememobong said.