According to the report from the Vanguard, the former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark questions whether Wike is merely biding his time before defecting from the PDP and fully joining the APC. He alleges that Wike orchestrated the defection of 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly from the PDP to the APC, using a dispute between the PDP's national leadership and its national secretary as an excuse.
He points out that, constitutionally, these members have lost their seats in the Assembly due to their defection, but claims that Wike is illegally keeping them in power with President Buhari's support, and is even threatening to impeach Governor Fubara.
He said, "Is Nyesom Wike only waiting for the appropriate time to destroy the PDP and become a full-fledged member of the APC? It is alleged that it is the same Barr. Wike who sponsored the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, to defect from the PDP to the APC, using the National Secretary of the Party, who was in court as the reason and that the PDP has split.
Even though these members in accordance with constitutional provisions have lost their seats in the House as a result of their defection to another party when there was no crisis in the party on which platform they were elected, Wike is retaining them with the support of Mr President, to the extent of threatening to impeach the Executive Governor, Siminalaye Fubara."