Chief Edwin Clark, a former federal commissioner for information and leader of the South South, has called for the creation of a disciplinary committee to look into the alleged anti-party activities of former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and others whose roles contributed to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) loss in the 2023 elections.
Wike, the incumbent Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is the PDP’s biggest opponent, manipulating it with the intention of destroying it, according to a statement made by Clark on Wednesday in Abuja.
The aging statesman demanded that the PDP’s current National Working Committee, or NWC, be immediately dissolved.
He said that the party’s constitution should be followed in appointing an acting national chairman following the NWC’s dissolution, citing a precedent set by Prince Uche Secondus’s tenure, who was still a court fixture.
The head of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, or SMBLF, bemoaned that some overzealous party members had taken over the organization for their own selfish gain and advised the party to immediately review the online member registration process, which was started by the former National Chairman, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, in order to prevent the party from relying on individuals.
Clark thought that if Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president and 2023 presidential candidate, gets elected, PDP would vanish as the nation’s second major party.
Clark said, “I know that many people who read this article will say to themselves that they thought Chief Edwin Clark said he has retired from active and partisan politics. Yes, I said I have resigned from partisan and active politics. But it was one of the famous philosophers Aristotle, who said “Man is by nature a political animal.” He went on to narrate that because no human can flourish on their own, there is a natural tendency of man to partner with their fellow men.”
He pointed out that one of the partnerships is that which is related to polis, the Greek word for community, from which political partnership originates. He emphasized that he will continue to speak on issues of governance and politics as long as God sustains his physical and mental life, particularly when those issues have the potential to negatively impact the country.
