Kenneth Okonkwo, a former spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has “effectively handed its 2027 presidential ticket” to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Okonkwo claimed that the PDP has already “zoned the presidential ticket” to Wike, who has chosen Bola Ahmed Tinubu as his preferred candidate for the 2027 election.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Okonkwo claimed that Wike has consistently imposed his will on the PDP.
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He said, “You were there when Wike said he will be supporting the presidential candidate of another political party. So where is it? And he has told you that anything and anybody that goes against whatever he says, he will ignite fire in his state if he is a state governor. And he has told you that whatever he says is law.”
Okonkwo also pointed to the selection of the PDP’s National Secretary as an example of Wike’s influence.
He recalled, “In fairness to him, it has been like that. The South-East, entire South-East, said they preferred a secretary, Udo Okoye, for the political party, and if it’s not given to them, they are going to leave PDP. Wike said no, it has to be Samuel Anyanwu. And today it’s Samuel Anyanwu.”
Okonkwo further accused Wike of “crude anti-party” activities, asking, “What about the other things he’s saying? Is it not crude anti-party to say you’re supporting the presidential candidate of another political party in the coming election? In 2023, he pretended to have a reason. In 2027, what’s the reason? And he has made it open. So there’s no party like PDP. PDP, by Wike their leader, has already chosen their presidential candidate, and they have zoned the presidential ticket to him, and that’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
Okonkwo explained that the Supreme Court judgment affirming Anyanwu’s position was not an endorsement of Wike’s influence but simply a recognition of political parties’ rights.
He said, “What the Supreme Court simply said in the judgement is that the political parties have the right to choose whoever they so choose, and the court has no jurisdiction to interfere in what any political party has decided.”
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