Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, Wednesday said he was ready to fight on in the Peoples Democratic Party.
The former Rivers State governor disclosed this in a media parley held on Wednesday to mark his first anniversary as the FCT minister.
Wike was apparently responding the letter of the South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark.
Clark had in an open letter to the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ambassador Iliya Damagun urged him to expel Wike from the party to save it from destruction.
Responding to questions on Wednesday, Wike said, “I don’t run away from any fight. I will stay there, I will fight it out. Who am I going to run from? The vampires? I cannot do that!”
When asked by a journalist if he sees himself leaving the PDP in the future, Wike responded, “Anybody who knows me knows too well if I want to join APC today… when I was then PDP and I said ‘look, I will not support your presidential candidate’, Did I say it secretly? Or those people that are saying those things did they bring one member that won the election?”
The minister also highlighted his commitment to principle, stating, “Did PDP not win (in Rivers State)? I stood my ground in terms of the principle that if this is not done we will not accept it. People must know you for something. Integrity is very important. Forget about those that are saying this, they are afraid of my face.”
