The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has initiated moves to reconcile Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State and his predecessor in office, Nysom Wike, confident that it will succeed in restoring harmony for the sake of the people of the state.
The party confirmed to newsmen that it is now working behind the scenes to ensure that amity returns between the two party members to enable the government to face the business of governance, vowing that it has no room to fail in the exercise.
Despite rumors of Wike’s impending dumping of the main opposition party for the All Progressives Party (APC) following the move of his loyalists to the ruling party, the PDP is not ruling out reaching out to him to end the feud.
While noting that the people of Rivers have supported the PDP for too long not to share their concern, the national publicity secretary of the opposition party, Debo Ologunagba, assured that the political crisis is not beyond the party to resolve.
However, he declined to reveal whether the PDP has already reached out to Wike, saying he will not discuss the party’s internal process with journalists.
Ologunagba maintained that the PDP is well organized enough to resolve the Rivers issue, adding that all the party organs have been activated, including the PDP Governors Forum, the National Working Committee (NWC), members of the National Executive Committee (NEC), and the Board of Trustees (BoT) members, who he revealed are all now involved.
The PDP national spokesman stressed the need for the opposition to unite to provide a robust check to the excesses of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which he accused of sneaking totalitarianism into the country.
Citing the recent appointment of alleged APC members to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), he said it will require a virile opposition to halt the drift into totalitarianism for the sake of the Nigerian people.