A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bashorun Dele Momodu, has blamed the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, for being the reason former governor Peter Obi left the PDP.
Momodu said this on Wednesday while speaking on Arise TV Morning Show.
According to the Ovation Publisher, the PDP did not have a zoning problem until Wike and his allies within the party started using it to push a north-south agenda for the party’s presidential ticket.
Presently, Wike is hobnobbing with the ruling party, APC and has declined calls for him to leave the PDP.
Recall that close to the 2023 general election, Obi dumped the PDP for the Labour Party (LP), citing dollarisation of the Presidential primary.
He later emerged LP’s presidential candidate.
But Momodu explained that ahead of the 2023 election, Atiku wanted the PDP to cede presidential ticket to the Southeast rather than rotating it within a few regions.
He added that Wike could have benefited from Atiku’s suggestion if he had not dissociated himself from the Southeast region.
So, since the PDP was considering zoning its presidential ticket to the Southeast, Momodu alleged that Wike subsequently frustrated Obi out of the party to emerge as the party’s presidential candidate.
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.”
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