Senator Samuel Anyanwu has said that Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde is PDP’s problem, not Nyesom Wike. He recently revealed that he remains the substantive National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, describing the weekend convention in Ibadan as a joke.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, Anyanwu shared that Seyi Makinde’s 2027 presidential ambition will kill the Peoples Democratic Party.
According to him, Makinde should join hands with others to reposition the party, instead of dividing the National Working Committee and pulling members from the Southwest to divide the PDP.
He stated that if there is any politician who is desperate to see the PDP survive, it is Nyesom Wike.
“That’s false! If anyone wants the party to survive, it is Wike. Even after he was negotiated out of the last primary, he still supported the party.
During the G-5 period, I wasn’t part of them; I supported the party. I contested for governorship under this platform, and if I contest again, it will still be under PDP. So why would I want to kill the party? The right thing must be done.
I mention Makinde because he caused the crisis at the dead end. He divided the National Working Committee. He pulled members from the Southwest to work with him against others,” he said.
Samuel Anyanwu further noted that Makinde should not let his presidential ambition get in the way of PDP’s unity.
He concluded by saying that no convention happened in Ibadan, so he has not been suspended as the party’s National Secretary.
“They are political friends. Let me tell you: I picked governorship nomination forms to run in 2019 the same day as Makinde and Governor Bala Mohammed. I won the primaries before it was taken from me. I didn’t die. I moved on. I know him well. I have nothing personal against him.
He should drop this ego and unify the party. I even heard he wants to run for president. If you want to run for president, would you want to kill the party?
The governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, commissioned a gigantic motor park project. What I saw in Ibadan was simply the commissioning of a motor park project. There was no convention. You need to ask yourself. How many states participated in the said convention? We have 36 states in the country, including the Federal Capital Territory. How many states sent their delegates to Ibadan?” he added.
