Paul Ibe, the spokesperson of the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, was instrumental in the exit of Peter Obi from the party.
Ibe said Atiku wanted the PDP to zone 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 dumped the party for the Labour Party, LP, ahead of the 2023 presidential election. He later became a force in the last general election, securing over six million votes.
However, Ibe said Atiku was ready to zone the PDP presidential ticket to the Southeast. In an interview on Seun Okinbaloye's Mic On podcast, Ibe said Wike frustrated the move to zone 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.
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