The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction loyal to Kabiru Turaki has challenged the Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike, to follow out his threat to close its operating office.
The encounter follows Wike’s remarks during his monthly media briefing earlier this week, in which he questioned the validity of the Turaki-led faction and asked that the organization operate openly if it exists.
The minister further stated that any property utilized by the group for party activity might be sealed.
In response to the threat, Ibrahim Abdullahi, a former PDP deputy national publicity secretary and private principal secretary to Kabiru Turaki, stated that the gang was already operating from a known location.
“We have been operating from an office. He knows the location; he should come there and take over the office if he can,” Abdullahi said.
“It is a temporary office, but we are meeting there and carrying out our functions.”
Abdullahi also warned that the opposition party’s internal crisis might lead to national upheaval.
According to him, the situation was pushing Nigeria toward a Hobbesian state of anarchy, “where life is brutish, short, and nasty.”
In response to Wike’s words, Ini Ememobong, spokesperson for the Turaki faction, called the minister’s views unrealistic and misleading.
“His delusional boast of dealing with banks that will open accounts for us is delusional, as he is already aware that we are operating accounts of the party, which is why his group of friends are receiving money through private accounts,” he said.
