Let PDP Breathe,Wike Tells Atiku

       Mohammed Shosanya

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Barr. Nyesom Wike,has advised the  former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to abandon any hopes of contesting the 2027 presidential election as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate.

Wike,who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media Mr. Lere Olayinka,insisted that the PDP ticket would no longer be “wasted” on those he described as “serial betrayers” of the party.

He stated that Atiku’s repeated bids, despite past “sins” against the PDP, disqualify him from being the party’s flag bearer.

 “His Excellency, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and those urging him on for personal gains should let the PDP breathe,” he asserted.

Wike,in a live media session on Thursday,emphasized that the 2027 ticket would not be available to Atiku, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate.

He described Atiku’s repeated bids for the presidency as an illustration of “inordinate ambition” and criticized his 2007 decision to run under the Action Congress while still Vice President in the PDP. “It’s this desperation,” he argued, “that has marked Atiku as a perennial candidate, not destined to lead Nigeria.”

He added:”The PDP ticket will not be given to someone who loses and flees to Dubai, only to return two years before the next election.”