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Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike and Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed engaged in a public war of words regarding the prolonged crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party, with Governor Mohammed calling on Wike to resign from the party for accepting a ministerial appointment under the ruling All Progressives Congress administration and accusing him of betrayal. In response, Minister Wike dismissed the governor as an inconsistent and hypocritical politician motivated by personal ambition, pointing out that Mohammed himself previously accepted a ministerial position while serving as an opposition senator under the All Nigeria Peoples Party before defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party.