2027: PDP will self-destruct if Obi returns – Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has cautioned that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) risks total collapse if it attempts to readmit former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Speaking during a media chat on Monday, Wike said the PDP had failed to learn from the costly mistakes that undermined its chances in the 2023 elections.

He recalled warning repeatedly against the decision to allow both the party’s presidential candidate and national chairman to emerge from the North, describing it as unjust and politically disastrous.

“From day one, I told my colleagues, PDP, you are shooting yourself. If you allow what is going on to continue, you’ll pay. And what did I say? You cannot have the presidential candidate at the same time as the national chairman of the party,” Wike said.

The former Rivers State governor accused the PDP of cornering both positions despite protests for fairness and balance, a move he insisted contributed to the party’s defeat.

“It is better now you have stolen the presidential ticket—and again stole the national chairman. I said it will purge you. And it really purged them. I have no regret for it,” he declared.

Wike maintained that the presidency must rotate back to the South in the interest of equity and political stability. He argued that PDP’s arrogance and refusal to heed internal warnings had left it weakened and vulnerable.

He dismissed speculations about Obi’s possible return to the PDP, calling the idea dangerous and hypocritical.

“To what? Bringing Obi to where? You want to kill the party? Obi that was abusing the party, saying it is rotten—so the party is now good enough for him? Ambition can make people even go to Satan’s house,” Wike stated.

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The minister stressed that such a move would further erode the PDP’s credibility and destroy its ideological base.

“If you want to destroy this party, dare it—bring Obi. There’s no way he will come back just because of ambition. No more ideology, no longer principle,” he added.

Wike reiterated that equity, justice, and zoning remain the only path for the PDP to recover and regain national relevance.