Udenta Alleges Tinubu, INEC Using Wike to Destabilise PDP

Udenta Udenta, a political activist and founding National Secretary of the Alliance for Democracy, has accused President Bola Tinubu and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of using Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike to undermine the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

It was stated In a Thursday interview with Arise News, Udenta said that Wike’s recent activities at the PDP National Secretariat were done “on the orders of the President.”

He said that Wike’s political actions within the PDP were a component of a larger plan overseen by the President.

Udenta insisted that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was purposefully undermining the opposition, claiming that the crisis shaking the PDP was “externally engineered” rather than internal.

He claimed that the PDP had typical internal conflicts, much like any major political organization, but that outside meddling had made the situation worse.

“Wike is not an independent administrative or political force,” he declared. He is a power that depends on others.

The President was at Wadata Plaza, not Wike, thus Wike went there on his behalf. In the event that Wike conducts a press conference, the President will do so.

“The APC and the Presidency are trying to weaken the party while we fight to rebuild it and expand its brand.”

Regarding the PDP’s leadership struggle, Udenta further charged INEC of vagueness and selective conduct, claiming that the commission choose which court orders to implement and that it did so in order to achieve its desired result.

“INEC has a mandate to be clear and unequivocal,” he said. INEC’s actions in Ekiti demonstrated that it recognized Damagun as acting chairman after rejecting Abdurrahman. Did INEC approve of the four NWC members’ suspension? INEC hasn’t said anything.

Additionally, Udenta blamed the police for facilitating what he called the PDP Secretariat’s factional takeover.

He said that the police let the Anyanwu group entry to the secretariat early in the morning, in spite of earlier concerns from the son of the incoming PDP chairman, Tanimu Turaki SAN.