PDP leaders fighting me because I am close to Wike – Anyanwu
National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Samuel Anyanwu, says the campaign against him by leadership of the party stemmed from his friendship with Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. On Friday, the Supreme Court nullified the judgement which sacked Anyanwu as national secretary of the PDP. Anyanwu and Sunday Udeh-Okoye have been laying claim […]
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National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Samuel Anyanwu, says the campaign against him by leadership of the party stemmed from his friendship with Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike.
On Friday, the Supreme Court nullified the judgement which sacked Anyanwu as national secretary of the PDP.
Anyanwu and Sunday Udeh-Okoye have been laying claim to the position of the national secretary of the opposition party.
In an interview with TheNation, Anyanwu said he has all this while being a victim of some PDP members’ proxy war against Wike.
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On threats by some PDP members to defect to a new party if he was returned as National Secretary of the party, he dismissed them as speculations.
He said: “Why would they be thinking of leaving just because I’m National Secretary? Most of those who are PDP governors today were not governors until after I came in as National Secretary.
“I ushered them in, I signed their (nomination) letters that we took to INEC. Some of them have only done two years as governors, but ask them if I ever took anything from them before signing their nomination as PDP candidates.
“Several of those who appear to be against me are only fighting a proxy war because of my relationship with the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, who is my bosom friend and remains my friend!
“I cannot jettison my friends because of politics.
“Where I was coming from, long ago when we became friends, I never knew that I was going to become a National Secretary in PDP.
“And when he (Wike) needed me the most to support him while he was running as a presidential aspirant in PDP, I was not there for him.
“So now, what have I done to injure the party or anyone in it? It’s just mere speculation.
“PDP is too strong and too big to be drawn into being a mere part of any coalition. Rather, people should empty their platforms and come into PDP.”