The PDP faction, in a statement issued on Friday by its Interim National Working Committee, alleged that Wike threatened to shut down the venue of the event, A Class Event Centre in Wuse 2, Abuja, if the hall was made available for the gathering.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction led by the former Minister Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, has vowed to resist alleged attempt by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to frustrate its planned presidential candidate ratification convention scheduled to hold in Abuja on Saturday, May 30, 2026.
The PDP faction, in a statement issued on Friday by its Interim National Working Committee, alleged that Wike threatened to shut down the venue of the event, A Class Event Centre in Wuse 2, Abuja, if the hall was made available for the gathering.
In the statement signed by the faction’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, the PDP declared that it would resist “every attempt to intimidate” members of the party and opposition voices.
“We have been informed by the proprietors of A Class Event Centre of the threat by the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, to shut down their business premises if the Peoples Democratic Party is allowed to use their hall for our presidential candidate ratification ceremonies,” the statement read.
