Wike backs Rivers state lawmakers’ defection from peoples democratic party to all progressives congress

The suspended Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Nyesom Wike, has supported defection of the sixteen members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to All Progressives Congress (APC).

Penpushing reports that he made this known on Friday while addressing journalists after inspecting the ongoing construction of an interchange bridge connecting Maitama, Gishiri, Jahi, and Gwarimpa in Abuja

The controversial politician and former Governor of Rivers State declared that the lawmakers are free to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), adding that his camp would continue to work with the remaining lawmakers still loyal to the party.

Penpushing further reports that Wike maintained that he is still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) described the development as unfortunate, adding that the party’s internal crisis contributed to the lawmakers’ exit.

“Well, it’s unfortunate. I have always said that everybody has the right to make a choice. The party is fully factionalised. And the requirement of the constitution is that when a party is factionalised, they are allowed to leave the party’, he added.

“You will see that it’s not everybody who has left. I believe 16 or 17 of them have left out of 27. We still have a good number, about 10, and we will continue to work together. They never told me, but they have a right’, Wike said.

Penpushing also reports that urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to put its house in order, emphasizing that failure to put the house in order the party will continue to be at the receiving end

“I’m still in the PDP. So those who have remained, we’ll continue to work together. And I have said to the party, put your house in order. Because at the end of the day, if you don’t put your house in order, it’s the party that will lose’.

“And we still ask the party to work together to see how the remaining members will be a relevant opposition. But they chose not to. So for me, those who have left are free. But those who remain in the party, we will continue to work together,” he added.

Penpushing reports that it would be recalled that the Rivers State House of Assembly Rt Hon Martins Amaewhule alongside with fifteen other colleagues, announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress during a plenary session on Friday.

The Speaker cited divisions in the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) as the reason for the defection, declaring that he was now a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and would join hands with the President, who he said meant well for the country.

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