FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has warned that any attempt to bring former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi back into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2027 elections could lead to the party’s collapse.
Speaking during a media chat on Monday, Wike criticised the PDP leadership for ignoring internal calls for balance and fairness in 2023, especially regarding the zoning of key positions.
He recalled cautioning against the party fielding both its presidential candidate and national chairman from the North, describing it as “politically suicidal”.
Wike said, “You cannot have both the presidential candidate and the national chairman come from the same region. I said it would purge them—and it did.”
He dismissed rumours of Obi returning to the PDP as dangerous and hypocritical, noting, “Obi was calling the PDP a rotten party. Now it’s good enough for him? Ambition can make people even go to Satan’s house.”
He insisted that the presidency must rotate back to the South for the sake of equity, warning that the PDP’s continued disregard for internal warnings could spell doom for the party.
