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Wike: PDP will soon implode

Steven Atogi by Steven Atogi
May 13, 2025
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FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, said the PDP will implode soon due to its leaders lack of sincerity but rather fixated on fighting him because he took a ministerial job with an APC-led federal administration.

Wike also alarmed that as the 2027 presidential election approaches, the PDP is already acting with impunity and making the same mistakes that let to its loss in the 2023 presidential election.

Wike who spoke during a media parley in Abuja, said, “First of all, I believe in sincerity. If you must achieve results, be sincere. Some people think that telling half-truths or being too smart will help you.

‘’Rather, it destroys you. If PDP does not take care, and I say it again, watch out what will happen. You know, selfish interest can kill an organisation. You have not won an election, you are excluding people.

“You have not won an election, you are saying you don’t want this man. You know the man can fight back. Now, let’s tell ourselves the simple truth, in 2023, we told the party, look, it is in our constitution. It is in our tradition.

“When these people take the chairmanship, you people will go for a presidential candidate. Because of selfish interest, they manipulated the system. They said no, we shouldn’t do zoning now. Hold on, we will do zoning.

“Before we knew it, some people had gone to buy form, we laughed. It’s okay. You don’t want to do zoning. Now, a zone took the chairman of the party. A zone took the presidential candidate. It’s okay.

“For peace to reign, we can have a voice. They go front and back. We say this front and back will cost you something. Of course, arrogance came in. ‘Forget, we have won the election, who are they?’ See where we are

“I have no problem, and I have told them that where is the presidency, where are you zoning your presidential ticket now? Where are you zoning your presidential candidate now? Where will it go?

“Some smart ones who have an interest say no, it is not time. I said, you see? How many times can you play this game, and you think you are smart? You are going to the national convention. You want the South to come and produce the chairman, so we won’t have a presidential candidate.

“I said in Nigeria today, the South is occupying the presidency. Why not, as a party, come out openly to say our presidential candidate will also come from the South? You don’t want to do that.

“You want to play the same game you played in 2023. ’It will backfire, and when it backfires, you will say these people did this, these people did that. I told people, this smartness won’t help you. Come out now and let everybody know this is where we are heading.

“The point is that selfishness can kill a system. For example, if the president runs and wins in 2027, by 2031, APC will cede their presidential ticket to where? To the North. PDP will do what then? Then you come back again and say, no, since APC ceded it to the North, let’s keep it in the North. I mean, what kind of smartness is that?”

The former Rivers state governor praised Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, who defected to the APC recently, for his foresight.

Wike further stated, “I have always said leadership is key. Leadership anywhere, whether in an organization or business, if you don’t show the right leadership, you suffer for it, and this is what I have been saying. I know that there will be an implosion. I do. It is a matter of time.

“What people talk about, the governor of Delta State and his predecessor and all their team moved out of the PDP to the APC. What wrong did he do? That he said he was going to support the president. Is that a crime?

“But the chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, the conscience of the party, adopted Alex Otti for a second term. Why are people not commenting about that? The chairman of the BoT of the PDP adopted Alex Otti, a governor under the Labour Party, to go for a second term.

“Now, this man (Oborevwori) said, look, I am not going to do that kind of pretence. I will not be here. It is better if I support him. He is a smart politician. I’m surprised that PDP said they didn’t see it coming.

“I won’t call the names of the governors. I called them. I said, listen, the way things are going, I have warned you people, you said you are a governor. I have no problem. See what will happen. The only crime is that Wike is a minister in the APC government.”

Concerning the meeting with PDP governors, Wike said several resolutions were reached. He said, “We are waiting to see what will likely be implemented. We are waiting. If it is not implemented, I will not agree.”

Wike dismissed the view that he was destroying the PDP. He said, “I am building it (PDP), if you obey the constitution of the party.”

Steven Atogi

Steven Atogi

Steven Atogi is Editor-in-chief at Umpire News. Formerly Editor-in-chief at DreamsNG Magazine. A skilled editor, writer and researcher with over a decade experience in politics, economy, sports and entertainment news editing; feature writing, copywriting and digital news sourcing. He has published in traditional and new media across local and international media outlets. He is keen on public policy, politics, economy, and social justice themes.

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