FCT Minister and chieftain of the PDP, Nyesom Wike, has said that the PDP cannot afford to zone its presidential ticket to the North come 2027.

 

While speaking to newsmen in Abuja today May 12, Wike said;

PDP can’t send presidency to the North! I have told them! Selfishness can kill a system. Take for example. If Mr President runs and wins in 2027. By 2031, APC will send their presidential ticket to the North. PDP will do what then? Then you come back again and say since APC has brought it to the North, let’s keep it in the North. What kind of smartness is that?”
When asked if he is still with the PDP since he has been associating with the APC, works for the APC government has been supporting some defections from the PDP to the APC, Wike responded

‘’Justice must be done, It was injustice..I never left the party. I came out to say this injustice will not stand, I will not support it.”
When asked if this is the reason he is tearing the party apart, he said

‘’No I am not. I am building it”
Recall that Wike worked against the PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 general election. According to him, the party failed in its agreement to zone the Presidential ticket to the South while the party’s National chairman will be zoned to North.