Director of Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, says the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, is a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, not because of hierarchy but a moving force of his faction.
Amadi stated this on Monday during a live appearance in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television.
He was speaking on the recently concluded national convention of the PDP in Abuja shortly after that of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
He stressed that Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President, would concede because Wike has more political gravitas and more institutional capacity than he does.
According to him, the faction has been thriving on Wike getting things done.
“Wike tried to be smart. He tried to say, we are all leaders. But clearly he didn’t fight back not because of hierarchy.
“But again the moving force behind this brand of PDP is Wike. Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki pretend to be on the sideline and then get himself up and say, well, let’s come together. So he’s not the guy who’s driving this. Wike is the leader.
“Is it odd? Not necessarily, Saraki himself will concede that at this point, perhaps Wike has more political gravitas, more social capacity than he does, even though he’s former Senate President,” Amadi said.
