responsible for the attempted removal of National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress ( APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, saying that the
allegation is baseless and untrue.
Governor Wike also declared that the APC is out to destroy the
Judiciary. He urged the Judiciary to protect itself from the destructive
tendencies of the APC.
In an interview at the Government House Port Harcourt on Tuesday,
Governor Wike said the comments credited to Senator Hope Uzodinma are
unfortunate.
He said: “I read that Senator Hope Uzodinma said that the PDP conspired
to plot the attempted removal of APC National Chairman. That is an
unfortunate lie.
“It is unfortunate that Senator Hope Uzodinma will have the temerity to
make that false allegation. Hope Uzodinma was an APC agent while he was
in PDP. That was why APC used him as an agent to support Ali Modu
Sheriff, but they failed.
“It is unfortunate that people of questionable character are in
Government. Hope Uzodinma cannot talk about the attempted removal of
APC National Chairman and mention the PDP. What is our business in the
attempted removal of Oshiomhole? ”
Governor Wike said that the APC is not a political party that means well
for the country.
“APC does not mean well for Nigeria. It is a party of strange
bedfellows merely formed to take over power.
“If Senator Uzodinma dares to make such false comments again about the
PDP , we will tell the world about him.
“That he fraudulently took the mandate of PDP does not mean that PDP is
weak. Hope Uzodinma lacks the capacity to discuss the PDP.”
Governor Wike said that Nigerians must be vigilant and work towards
protecting the Judiciary.
“We must protect the Judiciary to do its work. But the Judiciary should
protect itself. APC has destroyed the Judiciary,” he said.
Governor Wike wondered why the Judiciary should allow leaders of the APC
to toss it around as has been witnessed during the party’s internal
crisis.
He decried the situation where the Court of Appeal granted a stay of
execution on the suspension of the APC National Chairman, but the FCT
High Court went ahead to declare another person the Acting National
Chairman. He said only the National Executive Committee of political
parties have such powers.
He said: “The Judiciary should be very careful. The Judiciary should be
alert. It should not allow itself to be used. It should not allow itself
to be destroyed.
“APC should not be allowed to destroy the Judiciary. Judiciary was
there before APC. It was there before any political party. I cannot
see the Judiciary being destroyed and keep quiet.
“I am not interested in what happens in the APC. But I am concerned with
the Judiciary and its survival. ”
He urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria to caution judges.
“With what the APC is doing today, we may not have the Judiciary and
everyone will pay the price. The party is trying to destroy the hope of
the common man,” he said.
Governor Wike regretted that the APC and her supporters attack the
Judiciary when judgment is not in their favour. He pointed out the
attacks on Justice Mary Odili in the Bayelsa State Governorship matter.
The Governor said that the recent order by the wife of the member of a
House of Representatives wherein she reaffirmed the freedom of the
Former Emir of Kano, was hailed, even though she was the wife of a PDP
member.
He said that the APC is an association that was only concerned about the
removal of Former President Goodluck Jonathan. He said that having
removed Jonathan, APC has been unable to use power to the advantage of
Nigerians.
The Governor wondered how a national official of the APC who resigned to
contest the Deputy Governorship position in Rivers State, would still
go to court to seek to be Acting National Chairman.
Governor Wike agreed with the Former Governor of Lagos State that the
struggle in the APC is about 2023.
“I agree with the Former Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu that
the crisis in APC is about 2023. Everyone wants to be President or Vice
President. This virus is indeed worse than coronavirus,” he said.