Tension as Wike hosts major PDP leaders at his residence, makes fresh pushes

Nyesom Wike, the minister of the FCT, has met with some prominent leaders of the PDP at his residence in Abuja on Monday, June 9The meeting between Wike and other closed allies took place ahead of the PDP’s planned national convention, scheduled for AugustThough Wike is a PDP member, he is a minister under President Bola Tinubu and the APC-led federal government The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has held a closed-door meeting with some prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the southeast and South-South regions of the country.

According to sources, the meeting, which was held at the minister’s official residence in Abuja on Monday, June 9, 2025, was allegedly to stop the planned PDP national convention.

FCT minister Nyesom Wike meets PDP leaders in Abuja ahead of the party’s national convention scheduled for August 2025.
Photo Credit: @GovWike
Source: TwitterPDP governors fix date for national conventionRecall that the governors elected on the platform of the PDP recently fixed August 28, 2025, for the party’s national convention, a resolution reached at their meeting in April in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

At the national convention, new national working committee (NWC) members, who will be responsible for the day-to-day activities of the PDP, are expected to be elected at the event.

Wike is a subject of discussion ahead of the convention. Although he has repeatedly claimed to be a member of the PDP, the ex-governor remains a strong ally of President Bola Tinubu, the leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike has been accused of working against the PDP to enhance President Tinubu’s chances in the 2027 election.

Wike working to change PDP national convention dateAccording to TheCable, sources disclosed that Wike is proposing the shifting of the convention to October 2025. The move, the sources claimed, followed his realisation that he is reportedly losing his hold on the leading opposition party as the acting national chairman, Umar Damagum, allegedly broke ranks with him.

However, the source noted that the PDP national secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, remains loyal to Wike, who served as a two-term governor of Rivers state from 2015 to 2023.

A PDP member reportedly said:

“If the convention holds in August as planned, Wike may lose out completely, so the plan is to stall the convention to allow enough time to strategise.”FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, hosts some PDP leaders at his residence in Abuja amid alleged attempts to shift the party’s national convention scheduled for August 2025.
Photo Credit: @GovWike
Source: TwitterHow the PDP crisis startedThe PDP has been plunged into a leadership crisis following the outcome of the 2023 general election, where the party lost with a close margin to the APC.

In an attempt to redeem its glory, the party’s governors formed a reconciliatory committee, which was headed by the former Senate president, Bukola Saraki. Saraki had since made the move to unite the party by meeting with all aggrieved members, including Wike’s camp.

Amaechi fires major shots at WikeLegit.ng earlier reported that Former Rivers state governor Rotimi Amaechi described FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, as a child who is politically below him.

Amaechi, a minister under Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, explained that he once hired Wike as his chief of staff, and he would have fired him.

Wike recently hit back at Amaechi for claiming he was hungry, stating that the latter was merely hungry for power.

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