The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would be destroyed if its former vice presidential candidate, Peter Obi, returns to its fold.
It will be recalled that there had been calls in several quarters in the opposition party of need to woo Obi, a former governor of Anambra State back to the party ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The Bauchi State Governor and Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Bala Mohammed, confirmed this recently.
Before Mohammed, chieftains of the party had revealed that they had visited Obi on the possibility of returning to the party and picking its presidential ticket for the 2027 elections.
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But speaking during a media chat on Monday, Wike dismissed the talks about Obi’s return.
The former governor of Rivers State, who sought the party’s presidential ticket ahead of the 2023 elections but lost, said: “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.
“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.”
