A day after threatening to deal with the PDP if it changes its convention venue, the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has
A day after threatening to deal with the PDP if it changes its convention venue, the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has succumbed to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, resolving to hold its National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The decision was taken at the NEC meeting which just ended at the national headquarters of the party in Abuja on Friday. The convention is now slated for October 6th.
Nyesom Wike, had said that there might be consequences if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) moves its national convention out of Port Harcourt after come presidential aspirants kicked against Port Harcourt being the venue of the convention. While receiving Ibrahim Dankwambo, governor of Gombe state and one of the presidential aspirants, on Wednesday, Wike said Rivers people will teach PDP a bitter lesson if the party changes the convention venue.
“I don’t know why anyone who wants to be president, will be afraid of a venue. Then you are not prepared for the election. Let me warn the party, if you dare, Rivers State will teach the party a lesson. Those days have passed when they took Rivers State for granted. Nobody can use and dump Rivers state. Nobody should dare Rivers State any longer. Enough is enough. PDP should know that we are not a punching bag. We are not a people you can use and push. We are not harlots. Whenever you want, you come. When you finish, you push us aside. We will retaliate at the appropriate time. When you go, tell your colleagues, the Presidential Aspirants. We were not interested, but having given it to us, you cannot insult us.”
He claimed there are some of the aspirants who have been planted by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to fight the PDP.
“You come here to deceive us about restructuring. Just that Rivers State is a venue, you fight it. Then, when you are there, what will happen? You think we are fools where you preach restructuring, then when you get the position, you abandon restructuring,” he said.
Wike said at the appropriate time, he will reveal the names of the aspirants working with the APC to scuttle the PDP primary.
