The Conference of Professionals in the Peoples Democratic Party (CP-PDP) has dismissed the PDP stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike and the endorsement of Sen. Samuel Anyanwu as substantive National Secretary of the party as the last kick of a dying horse.
The CP-PDP described the meeting and the pronouncements of the actors as the feeble kick of a dying partisan group, whose failed purpose, as agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is to destabilize, weaken and wreck opposition ahead of the decisive 2027 general elections.
Describing the group as “Tinubu Support Group,” the CP-PDP said having lost the followership of genuine and respected PDP members, Wike is now surrounded by expired, feeding bottle politicians, who have been roundly rejected by their own people as demonstrated in their disgraceful defeat in the 2023 elections.
In a statement by National Coordinator, Barr. Obinna Nwachukwu on Monday, the group reminded the Wike and his co-travelers that its agenda have permanently come to naught as the PDP, at its 99th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting successfully held on 27th May, 2025, effectively reinforced its unity, reinvented and opened up all its channels for a cohesive working system as a leading opposition party and any attempt by anybody or group to drag the party into crisis again would be an effort in futility.
“The FCT Minister and his group, which is best described as ‘Tinubu Support Group,’ must accept the reality that the train has since left the station; the PDP is ascending in new trajectory focusing on taking back power in 2027 in the collective interest of all Nigerians and no amount of ranting from unpatriotic and disgruntled individuals or groups can sway this resolve.
“Moreover, is it not appalling that an individual who is neither an official nor a member of the PDP having lost membership upon open cessation of subscription, loyalty and adherence to the mandatory Code of Conduct of members is grandstanding in an unstructured group and attempting to pontificate and sound off on the activities of our party?
“Having lost the followership of genuine and respected PDP members, the FCT Minister is now surrounded by expired, feeding bottle politicians who have been roundly rejected by their own people as demonstrated in their disgraceful defeat in the 2023 elections.
“Of course, there is no genuine member of the PDP who, seeing the pains and agony that Nigerians are passing through in the hands of the APC will in anyway associate with any plot to render the PDP ineffectual ahead of 2027 elections.
“In any event, the FCT Minister should come to terms with the fact that the PDP is not the appendage of, or the Ministry of the FCT where his boss, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed him to oversee. We again counsel the FCT Minister to leave the PDP alone and stay with his allies in the APC where he has openly pitched his political tent,” the PDP group said.
The CP-PDP said that the party remains strong and focused particularly towards a successful National Convention in August in the determination to present a formidable front for Nigerians to push out the APC and restore a people-oriented government on the platform of the PDP.
