PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary Ibrahim Abdullahi stated that no individual can destroy the party, indicating that the party has survived severe internal conflict.

The party's reaction comes after the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, warned state governors of the party to stay clear of the crisis in Rivers State.

In an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, September 1, Abdullahi remarked that Wike’s comments posed no threat to the PDP, which he said had withstood over 25 years of more severe challenges.

“Those were his entitled personal opinions at most. They don’t constitute threats to the PDP, which has survived even worse machinations 25 years down the road. No single individual has the capacity to terminate the life of this party, PDP,” Abdullahi stated.

Former Rivers State Governor, while speaking at the PDP secretariat in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Saturday, August 31 during the party’s state congress, warned PDP governors to stay clear of the party’s affairs in Rivers, threatening to “put fire in their states.”

He stated, “Let me assure all of you, not while we live will anybody take away the structure of the PDP from us. But let me tell people, I hear some governors who say they will take over the structure and give back to somebody.

“I pity those governors because I will put fire in their states. When God has given you peace, you say you don’t want peace – anything you see you take.”