Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives have called upon non-All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors to stop drinking champagnes and rise to the occasion of stopping the onslaught against their strongholds.
They also frowned at the silence of the Governors at the crisis in Rivers and Kano States, two opposition states.
Spokesperson of the group, otherwise known as G-60, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, in a statement wondered why the opposition Governors are yet to visit and show solidarity to their counterparts in the two troubled states.
“Since 2022, following his loss at the presidential primaries, the now minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike has been igniting crisis in the party with no sanction against him yet plus the endless plot to deny the NNPP their hard earned victory in Kano State by some Politicians hibernating in Abuja,” Ugochinyere said.
While charging the PDP as the leading opposition party to take the lead and cleanse the House of political sabotage, and to install a leadership that has the capacity to galvanise the opposition family to have focus and direction, Ugochinyere faulted the assertion by some stakeholders that the FCT minister shouldn’t be suspended owing to his long-standing contribution to the party over the years.
According to him, the minister has already left the party following his activities before and during the elections, and his acceptance of the ministerial slot from the ruling APC.
Ugochinyere claimed that the former governor, even before his recent fallout with his successor, Governor Fubara, Wike does not only want to maintain the position of the PDP leader in Rivers but also the leader of the APC in the state, as he has shown through the appointment of his loyalists as members of the caretaker committee of the PDP.
He lamented that It’s a shame that some Opposition Govs especially from PDP are scared of going to Rivers and Kanoto show Fubara and Yusuf solidarity because they don’t want Wike and other Pro APC leaders to scold them.
He therefore charged the governors to sit up, and take appropriate actions as leaders of the Opposition, adding that it’s the only way to restore the glory of the PDP and the Opposition family.
Ugochinyere said, “The worst thing that can happen to the developing country with economic challenges is a compromised opposition leadership. One year after we don’t have a party and Opposition leadership that can give us direction and charge us.
“We have a party leadership and Governors who doesn’t want to get involve in rebuilding the party or Opposition after woeful outing caused mainly by sabotage.
“Now 60 percent of our party Governors and party leadership are behaving like learners cos they can’t stand up to cut to size some hired ruling party agents who has a contract to destroy the party.
“I heard some are now awaiting for Certificate of occupancy so they are scared of acting. Imagine the opposition party base is under attack in Kano and Rivers but opposition Governors are drinking champagne with the oppressors and are not ragging with anger or assembling to show solidarity by visiting.”
The Group leader told the opposition to wake up and learn from the then Tinubu led Action Congress (AC) which spearheaded the formation of an alliance the defeated the PDP.
