Former Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has suggested that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, may be justified over his role in the protracted leadership crisis bedevilling the Peoples Democratic Party.
He stated this while fielding questions on Arise
Television’s Prime Time programme on Tuesday.
Baba-Ahmed suggested that Wike wasn’t fairly treated by the
PDP, considering his sacrifice for the party.
According to him, the FCT Minister sustained the party while
others were away, adding that Wike’s friend backstabbed him at the most
critical moment.
He said: “You see, all the things that Wike is doing, I
don’t agree with them, but he is justified to an extent. I’m trying to say that
whatever he’s doing, deep down in his mind, I’m trying to remotely psych how he
thinks and all that.
“Right at the Eagle Square, in the glare of the whole world,
a party that he sustained while others were away, a very dear friend of his, at
the most critical moment, backstabbed him.
“As far as he’s concerned, ‘these are two northerners who
cheated me; these are two Hausa-Fulanis; these are two Muslims who cheated me,
and I will teach them a lesson.’ This is Wike.
“So, humanly speaking, I want to be fair to him. Whoever is
treated that way will definitely fight back. It was not fair.
“I used to tell these people, be careful, even in your acts
of politicking, be careful when you ask of treachery, be careful with your
tricks. There is a time you fix somebody beyond imagination.
“Well, the people who did this to Wike, you know, they come
from a very rich history with what he did for them in 2011, the relationship,
the friendship, how it lasted, became a long way and at the very last, they did
this to him. He will destroy the party. He’s a human being.”
