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Wike was instrumental to Peter obi’s exist from the PDP. That was coming from Paul Ibe,the spokesman of Atiku Abubakar in the last general election. Check out the full interview below.
The rift within the PDP began when Atiku Abubakar, who had previously been the party’s flagbearer four years earlier, announced his intention to run for the presidency again. This sparked political tension within the party.
However, key figures within the PDP pointed to the party’s constitution, arguing that it was the southern region’s turn to contend for the presidential ticket, as Atiku had already represented the northern region in the 2019 elections.
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Reacting to the antecedent of the feud in the party, Paul Ibe, media aide to Atiku Abubakar, revealed that the current FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, orchestrated Obi’s exit from the party.
Ibe revealed that Atiku, recognizing the significance of regional balance, expressed willingness to step aside from the presidential race if the party would zone the ticket to the southeast, Obi’s home region. However, Wike’s ambitions for the presidency altered the course of events, advocating for an open contest among the three southern sub-regions—southeast, southwest, and south-south—instead.
“Atiku Abubakar didn’t in any way force Obi to exit from the party. There were factors…The person that we just spoke about…Wike, was also instrumental in the exit of Obi,” Ibe elucidated. “Because Wike had promoted the zoning of the presidency to the south. Atiku Abubakar had said that he was prepared to get himself off the ticket if the party zones the ticket to the southeast.”
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Recall that since the start of democratic governance, the southwest and the south-south have held the presidential seat, including the North.
However, the southeast has not been at the helm of affairs since the days of the first republic, which further triggers the question of why the southeast has been marginalised since the end of the Civil War era.