Peoples Democratic Party says “external forces and enemies” of the party are behind the media campaign to malign Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, over the reconciliation of the crisis within the Edo State chapter of the party.
PDP, on Tuesday night, denied that it knew nothing about the attack on the Rivers State governor.
In a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP described media publications targeted at Wike as “the handwork of external forces and enemies of the PDP who are bent on sowing seeds of discord within the party.”
Media reports had on Tuesday quoted Governor Wike as referring to some National Working Committee members as tax collectors, among other derogatory names.
But the PDP statement read, “The National Working Committee wishes to place on record that none of its members has acted like a “tax collector” in whatever meaning the term represents either in the process leading to the Edo primary election or any other state.
“Our party holds Governor Wike and indeed all our PDP governors, who, of course, have been the pillars of our great party, with the utmost respect and had always consulted them on all party affairs.
“The PDP appreciates the efforts and sacrifices of our governors and will not allow enemies of our party, who are out to cause disunity in our fold by sponsoring baseless publications against our leaders, to have their ways.
“This time demands the unity of all our leaders to keep our political rivals, who are facing extinction, from importing their crises into our party. “The PDP remains one indivisible family and our members are at alert and will continue to resist every attempt by external forces to divide our ranks at this critical time.”