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A former lawmaker representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, on Wednesday, revealed why President Bola Tinubu appointed Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
According to Sani, Tinubu appointed Wike as minister because the President does not want to betray the former Rivers State Governor for working for him in the 2023 general elections.
He called on Wike to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and focus on the All Progressives Congress (APC) rather than playing games with the two parties.
The former lawmaker said this will give Wike the opportunity to work excellently for President Tinubu as the FCT Minister and without distractions.
Sani revealed these in an interview with Arewa Punch.
He said, “Asiwaju (President) wants to send a message that he does not betray those who work for his own emergence.
As long as Wike remains in the PDP, it won’t be a relevant party because it will never be relevant in its scheme of opposition. Because they will control the structure of the party and ensure that whoever will emerge will not be a serious threat to the APC.
“PDP is still afraid of taking action against those who undermined its victory and it will confine it to irrelevance as far as it has no punishment for anti-party elements because as long as there are people who have one leg in the PDP and one in APC, PDP will never fly and nobody is going to take the PDP seriously as far as party politics is concerned.
“Once it has become the appendage of the APC because for Wike to remain in the PDP, is to make sure it never plays the role of an opposition party. He is the hand of Esau in PDP, the voice of Jacob in APC.”
He further stated, “My own advice is for Nyesome Wike to simply decamp to APC where he will be able to serve the party and also leave PDP to claim its role as an opposition.
“It will be more respectable for him to join the APC and work without being distrusted by both sides because if he continues to divide his…
