The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has warned that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “risks self-destruction” if it attempts to bring former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, back into its fold.
Speaking during a media chat on Monday, Wike said the PDP had not learned from the mistakes that cost it the 2023 elections.
He recalled warning party leaders against allowing both the presidential candidate and the national chairman to come from the North, a decision he called “unjust and politically suicidal.”
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Wike said, “From day one, I told my colleagues, PDP, you are shooting yourself. If you allow what is going on to continue, you’ll pay. And what did I say? You cannot have the presidential candidate at the same time as the national chairman of the party.”
He accused the party of “stealing” both positions and said the decision “really purged them,” an outcome for which he has “no regret.”
Wike also dismissed talks of Obi’s potential return as “dangerous and hypocritical.”
He questioned, “To what? Bringing Obi to where? You want to kill the party? Obi that was abusing the party, saying it is rotten—so the party is now good enough for him? Ambition can make people even go to Satan’s house.”
Wike insisted that if the party wants to “destroy this party,” it should “dare it—bring Obi,” stating that such a move shows “No more ideology, no longer principle.”
He maintained that equity, justice, and zoning are the only ways for the PDP to regain relevance.
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