Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain Chief Dele Momodu has accused Nyesom Wike, the FCT minister, of frustrating Peter Obi into leaving the party.
Recall that Peter Obi left the PDP for the Labour Party (LP) in the run-up to the general election in 2023, when he became the party’s presidential candidate.
In a Wednesday interview on a Television programme, Momodu said that Wike was the cause of Peter Obi’s defection from the PDP.
He clarified that rather than rotating power within a few regions, Atiku wanted the PDP to hand over control to the Southeast prior to the 2023 election.
According to Momodu, Wike pushed Obi out of the party to become the party’s presidential candidate since the PDP was considering zoning its presidential ticket to the Southeast.
He said, “It was the same Wike people complaining about north-south that brought the committee through our party primary open. That’s why I was able to buy a form. I bought a form because, at that time, Atiku had told them that if they ceded power to the southeast, then it would make sense to him, but if it would still be a rotation between just a few zones, he would not support it.
He wanted them to cede power to the southeast. But because Wike had already disqualified himself by saying he’s not an Igbo man, he said he’s from south-south, he’s not interested in Igbo anything, so he succeeded in frustrating Peter Obi out of the party. So, the coast was clear for Nyesom Wike.”
Momodu claimed that Wike disqualified himself by claiming that he was not an Igbo man and that he had no interest in any Igbo agenda.
Prior to Wike and his party allies exploiting it to further a north-south agenda for the party’s presidential ticket, the opposition party did not have a zoning issue, the PDP chieftain added.
Momodu went on to say that the opposition party had no zoning issues until Wike and his party allies began exploiting them to further a north-south agenda for the party’s presidential ticket.
He added that only a northern candidate could unseat Tinubu in the upcoming 2027 polls.
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