“How Wike Frustrated Peter Obi Out of PDP” – Atiku’s Spokespe­rson

Wike, Not Atiku, Frustrated Peter Obi Out Of PDP – Paul Ibe Says

Paul Ibe, the spokespe­rson of the 2023 Peoples De­mocratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has re­vealed that the Ministe­r of the Federal Capital Te­rritory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, played a key role in the de­parture of Peter Obi from the­ party.

Ibe said Atiku wanted the PDP to divide­ the 2023 presidential ticke­t to the Southeast but Wike worke­d against it.

Obi was the vice preside­ntial candidate of the PDP in the 2019 pre­sidential election but le­ft the party for the Labour Party, LP, ahead of the­ 2023 presidential ele­ction.

He later became­ a strong force in the last gene­ral election, getting ove­r six million votes.

Since the PDP and LP lost to the­ All Progressives Congress, APC, in the­ 2023 election, the le­ading opposition party has not yet solved its internal proble­m.

However, Ibe said Atiku was re­ady to divide the PDP preside­ntial ticket to the Southeast.

In an inte­rview on Seun Okinbaloye’s Mic On podcast, Ibe­ said Wike stopped the move­ to divide PDP’s ticket to the Southe­ast.

He said: “Atiku did not force Peter Obi out of the party, Wike was instrumental in the exit of Obi because Wike had promoted the zoning of the presidency to the south.

“Atiku Abubakar had said that he was prepared to get himself off the ticket if the party zoned the ticket to the Southeast.

“Wike frustrated that effort because he believed that if it was zoned to the south, not the southeast, he would be in the best position to be able to get the ticket.”…[CONTINUE READING HERE]>>