By Joe Udo
ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has taken a swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, asserting her left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over his 2027 presidential ambition.
Wike disclosed this during a media parley in Abuja, on Monday, taunting Atiku for switching political parties since the return to civil rule in 1999.
According to him, Atiku’s moves were driven by his desire to be Nigeria’s President.
His words: “Atiku was in the PDP in 1999, then he joined the Action Congress (AC). After AC, he returned to the PDP, later moved to the All Progressives Congress (APC), and then back to the PDP again, all in pursuit of the presidential ticket.
“If I were his son, I would sit him down and ask: ‘Dad, how can you keep hopping from one party to another at almost 80 years old?’”
During the session, the former Rivers governor also dismissed the opposition coalition against President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said the ex-vice president left the PDP because he was not going to secure the party’s presidential ticket.
“The way the PDP is now, it is not likely that Atiku would get a ticket, therefore, he is not comfortable. Therefore, he tells you, let’s do a coalition against Tinubu. It’s not right.
“It is because he cannot get the presidential ticket under the PDP that he pushed for a coalition,” Wike stated.
