Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has issued a stark warning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), urging it to avoid repeating the errors of the 2023 elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During a media interaction on Monday, Wike insisted that the opposition party must not zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the north. \u201cWhy not, as a party, come out openly and say our presidential candidate will come from the south?\u201d Wike challenged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He accused the PDP of attempting to repeat its 2023 strategy, warning that such an approach would fail. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to do that. You want to play the same game you played in 2023. It will backfire,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis smartness won\u2019t help you. Come out now and let everybody know where you are heading. You can\u2019t send the presidency to the north. I told them. Selfishness can kill a system.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wike also raised concerns about future political dynamics, arguing that if President Bola Tinubu wins re-election in 2027, the All Progressives Congress (APC) would likely zone its next ticket to the north in 2031\u2014forcing the PDP into a disadvantageous position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPDP will do what then? You will come back then and say since APC is sending it to the north, let\u2019s give the north our presidential ticket. What kind of smartness is that?\u201d he questioned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though not explicitly naming anyone, Wike\u2019s remarks seemed aimed at former PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, who has repeatedly expressed his intention to keep contesting the presidency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has issued a stark warning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), urging it to avoid repeating the errors of the 2023 elections. During a media interaction on Monday, Wike insisted that the opposition party must not zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the north. \u201cWhy not, as a party, come out openly and say our presidential candidate will come from the south?\u201d Wike challenged. He accused the PDP of attempting to repeat its 2023 strategy, warning that such an approach would fail. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to do that. You want to play the same game you played in 2023. It will backfire,\u201d he said. \u201cThis smartness won\u2019t help you. Come out now and let everybody know where you are heading. You can\u2019t send the presidency to the north. I told them. Selfishness can kill a system.\u201d Wike also raised concerns about future political dynamics, arguing that if President Bola Tinubu wins re-election in 2027, the All Progressives Congress (APC) would likely zone its next ticket to the north in 2031\u2014forcing the PDP into a disadvantageous position. \u201cPDP will do what then? You will come back then and say since APC is sending it to the north, let\u2019s give the north our presidential ticket. What kind of smartness is that?\u201d he questioned. Though not explicitly naming anyone, Wike\u2019s remarks seemed aimed at former PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, who has repeatedly expressed his intention to keep contesting the presidency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25190,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25189\/revisions\/25190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}