Former governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has accused President Bola Tinubu of using Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to destroy the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Wike, the immediate past governor of River State is a PDP chieftain serving as the FCT minister under the Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.
Speaking in an interview with Nigerian Tribune, Lamido, a former foreign affairs minister, said:
”Wike is our creation, we made him. Where was Wike in 1999? Somebody who was your own invention, whom you thought you could develop, groom as a future leader now tells you that he is his own person now, what do you do?
”To me, Wike is not a factor. If Tinubu is not tolerating him, who is Wike? So, Wike is there today because the environment is there for him to manipulate and exploit. Simple.
”We are putting political expediency over national interest. Wike is being hyped by Tinubu to destroy the PDP but destroying the PDP also means destroying Tinubu.”
He, however, predicted that Wike and Tinubu would eventually fall out and be the biggest losers in their political scheming.
”Ultimately, he will become a political orphan to Tinubu and both of them are going to lose because the entire arrangement is unholy; it is immoral, it is un-Nigerian.
”This issue of betrayal, undermining your party isn’t part of our culture. No matter how long he serves Tinubu, ultimately, both of them are going to lose because the country is losing.
”So, Wike was never planted. He was simply identified, he is a willing character who lacks the morality and the good character and honour not to disown his own party. He has mortgaged his own party,” Lamido stated.