Bauchi Peoples Democratic Party Rejects Wike As Party’s National Leader

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State has dismissed the portrayal of  Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, as the “national leader” of the party, describing the nomenclature as reckless, misleading and alien to the PDP Constitution.

The party said no provision in its constitution creates or recognises the office or position of a “national leader,” challenging those promoting the claim to point to any constitutional backing for such a title.

Addressing journalists in Bauchi, the publicity secretary of the PDP in Bauchi State, Dayyabu Chiroma, said the party remains a constitutionally governed political organisation with clearly defined organs and leadership structures, stressing that authority within the party cannot be acquired through self-ascribed titles or political propaganda.

Chiroma further stated that Wike and individuals acting alongside him are no longer members of the PDP, having been expelled by the party’s National Convention, and therefore lack the moral, political or legal standing to influence or determine the internal affairs and direction of the party.

He accused the group of pursuing a narrow and self-serving agenda, noting that their demand that the PDP should refrain from fielding a presidential candidate in the forthcoming general election, despite the office being zoned to the Southern part of the country, clearly exposes their ulterior motives and hostility to the survival of the party.

Chiroma reaffirmed that the core objective of the party, as a truly national platform, is to sponsor candidates for all elective offices across Nigeria in line with its constitution, democratic principles and the aspirations of the Nigerian people.

He warned that any proposition contrary to this fundamental objective amounts to anti-party activity and constitutes a direct attack on the integrity, unity and future of the PDP.