Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has alleged that the Southeast Zonal Congress that produced Ali Odefa as the Zonal chairman of the PDP in the Southeast cannot stand.
Speaking during a media briefing reported by Channels TV, Wike challenged the legitimacy of the congress results. “The Southeast Congress which produced Ali Odefa cannot stand, the court has affirmed that he’s no longer a member of the party; you cannot do that. You see, these are the things I tell people that I don’t like. This is impunity, and for somebody like me, I will not condone it and I will not allow. We would fight it, except they correct it,” Wike declared.
Odefa secured his re-election as South-East zonal chairman at the Southeast Congress which took place on February 27, 2025, at Michael Okpara Square in Enugu State. The Congress in which delegates from all five Southeast states and other prominent party figures had attended including the Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah and Board of Trustees Chairman Adolphus Wabara has been faulted by Wike.
He argued that a Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki had upheld Odefa’s suspension on November 29, 2024 and that the court decisions still stands.
Wike has now called for the immediate resolution of this dispute ahead of the party’s upcoming national convention. “Let us wait before we do any convention. Let the matter first of all be resolved; there is still time for them to resolve it before we talk about the convention. Resolve the matter now, because if the matter is not resolved, there will be crisis,” the minister warned.
