Wike: I Don’t Want Secondus To Be Re-elected As PDP National Chairman

• Rivers governor Nyesom Wike said he wouldn’t welcome the re-election of Uche Secondus as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has stated that he doesn’t want the re-election of Uche Secondus as the national Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

While maintaining that he doesn’t trust Secondus to honour agreement by the PDP leadership, Wike said provided that he would not remain in office beyond Thursday, December 9, 2021, when his tenure officially ends, he wouldn’t have a problem with him.

Wike, however, promised not withdraw the lawsuits against Secondus, because he does not trust the chairman to honour agreements.

It was gathered that Wike said this in a meeting with the Senator David Mark-led committee set up by the PDP National Executive Committee to resolve the party’s crisis.

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The bid by Secondus to seek re-election and the determination of the Rivers State governor to stop him is reported to be the genesis of the crisis.

The Mark-led panel had met with Secondus and Wike with a proposal that they both withdraw pending lawsuits to pave the way for the peaceful resolution of the crisis.

While Secondus agreed to withdraw on the condition that the other party does the same, Wike insisted on going ahead with his.

The report submitted by the Mark-led committee quoted Wike as insisting that the “court cases instituted would not be withdrawn because of the lack of confidence in the other party to keep agreements”.

This was contained in the report submitted by the committee to the party’s NEC at its 93rd meeting in Abuja.

Excerpts of the report revealed that both Wike and Secondus agreed that the Secondus-led NWC should serve out its term.

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