The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against allowing former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, to return to the party and claim the party’s 2027 presidential ticket.
Speaking on Monday during a media chat with journalists, Wike stated that if the PDP dares to nominate Obi as its candidate for the 2027 elections, the party would be destroyed.
He added that as a matter of principle, Peter Obi should not consider returning to a party he once described as rotten just because he wants to fulfil his ambition of becoming Nigeria’s president.
“If you want to destroy this party (PDP), dare to bring in Peter Obi,” Wike said.
The former Rivers State Governor also insisted that he has no regret about working against the PDP in the 2023 elections, maintaining that what he warned the party against, eventually happened.
According to him, the PDP leaders resolved to zone the party’s 2027 presidential ticket to the south because they had realised the error of the 2023 polls, where both the National Chairman and presidential candidate were from the North.
Meanwhile, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has expressed hope that the state of emergency in Rivers State will expire on September 18.
Naija News recalls that President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following the political crisis between Governor Sim Fubara, the House of Assembly members, and Wike.
Tinubu also suspended Fubara, his deputy, and the State House of Assembly for a period of six months and appointed a Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas.
Speaking with journalists after casting his vote in the local government election in Rivers State on Saturday, Wike said the coast is clear for the state of emergency to be lifted.
The Minister maintained that with the expiration of the state of emergency, the Rivers State Assembly is expected to resume its duties.
