Wike kept in PDP to destabilize the party says Dele Momodu

Nigerian journalist, publisher, and businessman Dele Momodu has made some comments about the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. According to Momodu, Wike is being kept in the PDP to frustrate the party.

In an interview monitored by RadioNow’s news desk, Mr. Momodu commended Wike’s project implementation track record. However, he also criticized Wike’s anger management issues and use of insults.

“The acting chairman Damagu knows why he’s saying what he’s saying because he’s part of that charade. And that’s why they are keeping him there to continue to frustrate PDP. If he says, oh, if you sack Wike, Wike is only one man. I mean, when we were fighting the military, I never heard the name Wike before. Never. And PDP made Wike whatever he is today, everything that he is today. I like him. I like, I was watching his projects on television even this evening. And I dropped my hat to him. I always say that. He’s a good guy. But when it comes to anger management, when it comes to fighting his enemies, there is no body Wike cannot insult. See the way he insulted an old man, like my big brother Adolfos Wabara the other day. Oh, if he’s my father, I will disown him. How can any child say he will disown his father? He’s a father who can disown it. So you don’t say things like that. He has insulted virtually everybody because he did not get what he wanted. That’s another day. He’s a young man. I’m not sure he’s even 60 yet.”

Momodu praised Wike as one of Nigeria’s most powerful ministers, but advised him to focus on his assignments and leave the People’s Democratic Party alone.

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“If he manages to concentrate on the assignments given to him, today he’s one of the most powerful ministers in Nigeria. And he knows the job, he knows how to deliver on projects. Let him just concentrate on it, leave PDP alone. When some people were aggrieved against PDP in those days, you knew that even Atiku left PDP. Bukola Saraki left PDP. Tambua left PDP. So many top chieftains left. If they had destroyed the party, would there be any party for them to return to? That is why we are all watching now, sit down, look, that, okay, let them finish whatever they want to finish. By the grace of God, the maximum they will do is eight years. So after that, what next? So it’s not about how long you stay in power, it’s how well. So that’s why I’m advising a lot of people now who are goading Ashuwaju on. He would think they love him. No, it’s self-preservation. Because they lost out in one party, they ran to Ashuwaju and now they are using him as an umbrella. When they should be holding the broom.”