Wike Chased Peter Obi Out Of PDP Because He Wanted To Run For President – Paul Ibe

Paul Ibe, the spokesperson of the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has come out to accuse the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike of pursuing personal interests at the expense of the party’s collective goals.

He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, Wike has charted different paths to serve his own interest, and it is clear that he was very instrumental to Obi’s exit from PDP years ago.

Paul added that Wike ensured PDP’s presidency ticket was zoned to the South, and not the South East, so that he could be in the best position to get it.

His words, “Well, Wike has charted different paths to serve his interest because I don’t understand what interest, is it the PDP interest? It cannot be. It is his interest all well and good for him.

Atiku Abubakar didn’t in any way force Obi’s exit from the party. It’s not about relationships (Atiku managing the relationship between himself and Obi), there were factors.

Wike was also instrumental to Obi’s exit because Wike had promoted his zone of the presidency to the south. Atiku had said that he was prepared to get himself off the ticket if the party zones to the ticket to the southeast.

Wike frustrated that effort because he believed that if it was zoned to the South and not the South East, he would have been in the best position to get the ticket. So he was instrumental in the exit of Obi out of the party.

No doubt that the Atiku-Obi ticket of 2019 was a viable ticket and remained viable (if it happened in the 2023 elections) because the Labor Party took away some of the votes of the PDP.

I believe this is time to reflect and look at what went wrong, and I want to believe that all the actors, including His Excellency Atiku, have that reflection, perhaps that is why he (Atiku) keeps urging for a coalition of the opposition because if they stand together, that allows them to be able to oust the ruling party.”

WOW.