Rivers State’s PDP Acting Chairman, Robinson Ewor, has said that Nyesom Wike, the FCT Minister, is conspiring with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to undermine the PDP from inside.
Ewor asserted during a live appearance on Arise News on Monday, April 21, 2025, that Wike’s affiliations and actions make it abundantly evident that he is no longer a legitimate member of the PDP. He also claimed that the former governor is receiving funding from the APC to undermine the party nationally and in Rivers State in preparation for the 2027 elections.
Ewor clarified that before to the general elections in 2023, the party had no internal issues until Wike lost his bid for president and was unable to get the vice presidential ticket.
“The crisis that later engulfed the party was triggered by Wike’s personal disappointment,” he said.
Prior to the federal elections in 2023, the PDP had no problems. Current Federal Capital Territory Minister Wike aspired to be the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s president. Furthermore, he submitted to the party’s primaries. Yet the party ticket went to Atiku. Wike then desired to serve as vice president. Wike caused the PDP problem since Atiku did not choose him to be the vice presidential candidate, Ewor said.
The G5 group, he added, was formed under Wike’s leadership with the sole goal of harming the PDP’s electoral prospects.
This was the starting point of the PDP crisis: The first is that Wike was not elected president. Second, he wasn’t selected as Atiku Abubakar’s vice presidential nominee, Ewor clarified.
He created the G5, as Nigerians refer to it, and initiated the conflict inside the PDP. What is the meaning of the G5? Dismantle PDP. Ascertain that the election was not won by Atiku Abubakar. That was the G5’s stated purpose. The party is now past the general election in 2023.
Ewor criticized Wike for his persistent meddling in PDP matters, questioning the wisdom of giving advice to a party he is “busy destroying.”
“Wike is not a member anymore. If you are no longer a member of a party, how do you inform them? How do you counsel someone you are occupied with destroying? How do you tell someone you are leading the charge to overthrow them? “What?” Ewor asked.
“The PDP is not experiencing a crisis because of the problem we see in it today. The FCT minister’s goal is to wipe out the party, which is why. He’s determined to ruin the party. In River State, he initiated it as well.
“There was no offense committed by Sim Fubara.”
Wike and Rivers Governor Sim Fubara were at odds, and Ewor said the governor was being demonized for using his constitutional power.
What is Sim Fubara’s offense? There was no crime committed by Sim Fubara. In order to rig the 2027 election for the All Progressive Congress, Ewor claimed, he sought to acquire control of the party’s structure, the government’s structure, the state assembly, and every other known structure in the state.
The situation in River State is merely a crisis. No offense was committed by Sim Fubara. Is Wike able to inform Nigeria without feeling guilty? It was during this time that Sim Fubara was impeached prior to October 2023.
In order to help the APC in upcoming elections, Ewor asserted that Wike insisted on controlling all political institutions in Rivers. The state PDP leadership has now rejected this goal.
“There was nothing that Sim Fubara did. However, he is aware that if he correctly extends Sim Fubara’s term until 2027, as they did not agree, he will no longer be able to defeat the PDP. But in order to make sure that we organize our house, we have united as a party, particularly at the state level,” he stated.
“The party hostage at the state was heard by him before.”
Ewor cited an instance of a party’s national command being disregarded, saying: “The national says ‘don’t conduct congresses.'” Going on, he (Wike) held congresses. However, we’ve gone beyond that today. He no longer controls the party now at the state level. In light of this, he is powerless to act on behalf of the party at the state level.
The National Working Committee (NWC), the Board of Trustees (BoT), and PDP governors are working to reclaim and reposition the party at the national level, Ewor added.
He stated that the PDP governors’ forum, the NWC, and the party’s BOT are taking action to reposition the party on a national scale.
In a forceful statement, he claimed that the APC was funding Wike’s activities in an effort to undermine the PDP from inside.
Nyesom Wike, meanwhile, is sitting still today and ruining the celebration. His funding comes from the APC. That is the problem. Remove Yosso Wike now if you claim that the PDP is experiencing a crisis; you won’t find any crises within the party. In River State, you don’t observe any crises. No crisis will arise at the center or anyplace in the state if he is removed.
