Don’t destroy the party you laboured to build – Kaduna PDP chairman tells Wike

By Folorunsho Alagbede

The Kaduna State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Felix Hassan Hyat, has advised the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) Nyesom Wike, against actions that could harm the party he laboured to build to its present position.
He gave the advise in Kaduna yesterday, appealing to the former Rivers State governor to seek resolution through dialogue rather than threatening PDP governors who support Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State.
The Kaduna PDP chairman’s plea comes amidst the ongoing crisis within the party, which has seen Wike issuing threats against PDP governors supporting his successor.
Wike, while addressing party members on Saturday during the PDP Congress in Port Harcourt, threatened to cause a political crisis in the states of any PDP governor who interfered in the party’s affairs in tRivers State.
Hyat opined that the governors have a valid reason to be involved, as Fubara is their colleague.
“Wike should remember that when he was a governor, his colleagues were always at his back, and they protected each other,” he said.
According the PDP state chairman, nothing has changed in that regard, adding that instead of telling the governors to stay away, Wike should have seen it from this perspective and sought their support.
He noted that it is wrong to tell people to stay away when a system they are meant to benefit from is under threat, stressing that if the system fails, everyone loses.
The former Aviation minister enjoined the former Rivers helmsman not to destroy the party he helped nurture, pointing out that dialogue and reconciliation are essential to resolving the ongoing crisis within the party.