The Spokesperson of the Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers in the House of Representatives, known as the G60 on Friday frowned at the silence of the opposition governors and leaders, especially the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the ongoing crisis in Rivers and Kano States.

Hon. Ugochinyere, who expressed the concern in a statement made available to Parliamentary Correspondents, observed that opposition governors are yet to visit and show solidarity to their opposition members and counterparts in Rivers, Governor Similanayi Fubara and the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf.

He said that since 2022, following his loss at the presidential primaries, the now minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike has been igniting crisis in the party with no sanction against him yet plus the endless plot to deny the NNPP their hard-earned victory in Kano State by some Politicians hibernating in Abuja.

He charged the PDP as the leading opposition party to take the lead and cleanse the House of Political sabotage by ensuring the emergence of an uncompromising leadership that can galvanise the opposition family to have focus and direction.  He also faulted the assertion by some stakeholders that the FCT minister should not be suspended owing to his long-standing contribution to the party over the years.

According to him, the minister has already left the party following his activities before and during the elections, and his acceptance of the ministerial slot from the ruling APC.

Ugochinyere claimed that the former governor, even before his recent fallout with his successor, Governor Fubara, does not only want to maintain the position of the PDP leader in Rivers but also the leader of the APC in the state, as he has shown through the appointment of his loyalists as members of the caretaker committee of the PDP.

He described it as a shame that some opposition governors, especially from PDP, are scared of going to Rivers and Kano to show Fubara and Yusuf solidarity because they don’t want Wike and other pro-APC leaders to scold them.

He therefore charged the governors to sit up and take appropriate actions as leaders of the opposition, adding that it’s the only way to restore the glory of the PDP and the opposition family. 

Ugochinyere said: “The worst thing that can happen to the developing country with economic challenges is a compromised opposition leadership. One year after we don’t have a party and Opposition leadership that can give us direction and charge us. We have a party leadership and Governors who don’t want to get involved in rebuilding the party or Opposition after woeful outing caused mainly by sabotage. 

“Now 60 percent of our party Governors and party leadership are behaving like learners because they can’t stand up to cut to size some hired ruling party agents who have a contract to destroy the party. I heard some are now awaiting for certificate of occupancy so they are scared of acting. Imagine the opposition party base is under attack in Kano and Rivers but opposition Governors are drinking champagne with the oppressors and are not ragging with anger or assembling to show solidarity by visiting.

“They should learn from when Tinubu led just one party AC to ignite a battle that rebuilt the opposition then into forming an alliance that crushed the PDP. It’s time to wake up,” he warned.