PDP now servant to APC because of Wike’s ministerial appointment – Kenneth Okonkwo
Former Labour Party spokesperson, Kenneth Okonkwo, has alleged that leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have become subservient to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Okonkwo attributed the ongoing crisis within the PDP to its own missteps, particularly the appointment of Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the APC-led government.
He argued that President Bola Tinubu’s decision to appoint Wike weakened the PDP’s position as a formidable opposition party.
Speaking on Channels Television on Friday, Okonkwo criticized the PDP for accommodating individuals who worked against the party during the 2023 elections.
He said, “Look at what is going on in the PDP. For instance, some people came out as G5 and worked against the interest of the party, not covertly but overtly, and everyone saw it. You accommodated them and then gave excuses for them.
“Normally, when you accept such things, it would start graduating, now they want to take over the party and they’ve been given an appointment.
“Then they would go ahead to hijack the party and when they hijack it, the true members of the party would become servants to the servant because their main leader is now a servant to the APC by being a minister in the APC and the remaining ones are servants to that leader, meaning the PDP is now a servant of servant to the APC.”
