Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, reaffirmed his membership in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
This statement came in response to his purported expulsion by a faction of the party led by Kabiru Turaki.
Turaki’s faction had issued expulsion certificates to 11 prominent PDP figures, including Wike and former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, stating the move was to sanitize the party ahead of the 2027 elections.
Addressing journalists in Abuja after inspecting an interchange road project, Wike dismissed the claim.
He asserted that he would continue collaborating with other members to ensure the PDP remains a strong opposition party.
“Those that are factionalized are bound to leave the party. I’m still in PDP,” Wike stated.
He emphasized that a significant number of members remain, adding, “We will continue to work together… Put your house in order because at the end of the day, if you don’t put your house in order, it’s the party that is losing.”
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
