Wike, Makinde, Other G-5 Members To Face Panel

The Peoples Democratic Party National Disciplinary Committee is set to invite the G-5 members over alleged anti-party activities.

Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo State), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu State), Samuel Ortom (Benue State), and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.

The G-5 led by former Wike, allegedly worked against the party and its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, during the 2023 election.

This was as the committee received reports on alleged anti-party activities of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and others from the National Working Committee.

The committee, led by a former Foreign Affairs Minister, Tom Ikimi, was set up to address and manage all disciplinary matters.

Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, and others were reportedly summoned by the party to appear before the panel following a series of petitions against them bordering on allegations of anti-party activities and sabotage during the 2023 elections.

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The PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, told Sunday PUNCH that Wike, alongside former members of the G-5 and others who were accused of anti-party activities, were being summoned to face the panel.

“People are not getting these things; Nigerians have been saying that there is no opposition and that PDP is not active, but now we have constituted two committees to probe the alleged involvement of members in anti-party and sabotage on the party’s chances.

“One of the committees is to reconcile and the other is to discipline where you find defaulters. None of them has sat; what I said previously was that the committees had commenced work. They are doing a letter to Wike and several others that have been petitioned so that they can come and explain their roles as alleged in the elections, pre and post,” Abdullahi said.

When asked if other former G-5 members would also be probed, Abdullahi said, “Yes, if Wike will be summoned, I do not know why others will be exempted. If Wike, who is still holding a federal appointment and is even the leader of the ring, will be called upon, then it suffices to say that those ones (other G-5 members) are automatic.”

The PDP chieftain insisted the probe of Wike and the others would not cause division in the party but rather instil discipline among members and prevent future reoccurrence of anti-party activity.