The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, as the National Leader of what he called the winning faction of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Akpabio made the remark on Friday while speaking during the commissioning of access roads to the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates in the Karsana District of the Federal Capital Territory, marking President Bola Tinubu’s third year in office.
He also urged Nigerians to disregard Wike’s earlier comment describing him as an uncommon performer during his tenure as governor under the Peoples Democratic Party, noting that political realities had since changed.
Earlier, Wike, in his introduction, had described Akpabio as an uncommon performer during his time as governor of Akwa Ibom State under the Peoples Democratic Party.
Responding, Akpabio said: “Members of the Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, please ignore the comment of the minister that I was an uncommon performer in the PDP, he is not talking about the PDP of today and you need to know that at that time there was no APC.
“APC was born in about 2014 and by that time I was already seven and a half years as a governor and that’s why I sometimes refer to myself as an ancestor.
“I was sworn into office way back in 2007 and there was no APC then, a progressives minded person like me should be belong to a progressive family, so therefore, when the APC came to be; I discovered that that was my group and was in the wrong party called the PDP, so I exit early and joining the progressives, shortly after that you now know what happened to PDP.
“They fragmented, I don’t know how you are going to put it today but I recognize you as the National leader of the winning faction of the PDP because you are doing well.”
