{"id":117154,"date":"2025-04-07T20:24:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=117154"},"modified":"2025-04-07T20:24:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:24:21","slug":"pdp-professionals-demand-wikes-expulsion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pdp-professionals-demand-wikes-expulsion\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Professionals Demand Wike&#8217;s Expulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Conference of Professionals in the Peoples Democratic Party (CP-PDP) has said that the former Governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has automatically lost his membership of the PDP by publicly working with the ruling party to ensure PDP is defeated in 2027.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group therefore demanded the immediate sack of the FCT minister from the PDP.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement by its protem National Coordinator, Barr. Obinna Nwachukwu on Sunday, the group stated that it predicated its position on the public declaration by the FCT Minister of his alignment with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pursue APC\u2019s victory in the 2026 FCT Council election and the 2027 Presidential election, which declaration is in direct conflict with the PDP Code of Conduct of members as expressly provided under Section 10 (6) of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Section 10 (6) of the PDP Constitution clearly states that \u201cNo member of the party shall align with other parties or groups to undermine the party or any of its elected government.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe unambiguous intention of the crafters of the PDP Constitution in the reading, interpretation and application of Section 10 (6) is that a person who aligns with another political party, as has been done by the FCT minister, has by the effect of such alignment effectively relinquished his affiliation with the party and ceases to be a member of the PDP\u201d the group stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It further explaned that electoral contest is central and fundamental to the existence of a political party including the PDP, for which members must devote absolute, undivided and unwavering loyalty, dedication and commitment under all circumstances.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBy publicly declaring to work for APC\u2019s electoral victory, Chief Nyesom Wike has effectively declared for the APC, and to that effect under the PDP Constitution he can no longer be deemed to be, accepted to be or parade himself to be a member of the PDP. His declaration of loyalty to the APC has effectively terminated his membership of the PDP.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis is in addition to Chief Wike unrelenting violation of the provisions of Section 58 of PDP Constitution by his constant public vituperations against the PDP, its officials and statutory organs\u201d.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CP-PDP demanded that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP without further delay, invoke the express provisions of 29(2) (b) and 59 (1) of the PDP Constitution and officially expel Chief Nyesom Wike summarily from the PDP.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It reminded the party\u2019s leadership to note that continued indulgence of Wike even after his declaration of support and loyalty to the APC is cancerous to the PDP. It added that the NWC delay in expelling the FCT minister has become vexatious to loyal and well-meaning party members. 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