2027 presidency: Controversy erupts as Wike endorses Tinubu, PDP, opposition leaders spits fire

• FCT curate Nyesom's unfastened enactment for President Tinubu's re-election bid and run has sparked caller contention successful the polity and wrong the PDP
• Wike, during a media chat connected Monday successful Abuja, openly stated that helium volition pb President Tinubu’s 2027 and besides dared anyone from the PDP to expel him implicit anti-party activities
• The minister's endorsement of Tinubu besides sparked mixed reactions from the opposition's campy arsenic leaders from the PDP, NNPP, and CUPP accused Wike of anti-party activities and undermining democracy

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.

The Peoples Democratic Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party, Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), and others person powerfully criticised Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for openly declaring his program to pb President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign.

FCT curate dares PDP to suspend him from the party. Photo credit: Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, GSSRS
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Can Wike beryllium sacked from PDP? FCT curate drops fire

During a media chat connected Monday, June 2, successful Abuja, Wike described himself arsenic a asset, emphasising his cardinal relation successful securing Tinubu’s re-election successful the 2027 wide elections.

The erstwhile Rivers authorities politician besides insisted helium was not progressive successful immoderate anti-party activities and challenged the PDP to suspend him if they believed otherwise.

Legit.ng reported that Nyesom Wike insisted that helium stay a subordinate of the PDP and said helium had not seen anyone successful the enactment who had the guts to archer him that helium was nary longer a subordinate of the PDP.

The curate insisted that the PDP was the enactment helium had served for galore years and that helium was acceptable to situation anyone to notation their contributions to the party.

PDP and immoderate absorption parties person labelled Wike arsenic President Tinubu's hatchet antheral arsenic helium vowed not to enactment his enactment travel 2027. Photo credit: Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, GSSRS, Atiku Abubakar
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PDP, CUPP statement Wike arsenic Tinubu’s governmental 'hatchet man'

In response, the PDP’s lawman nationalist younker leader, Timothy Osadolor, called connected Nigerians and enactment members to disregard Wike, stating that the enactment would soon enforce its rules against the minister.

In an interrogation with The Punch, Osadolor stated that the FCT curate nary longer holds immoderate important power wrong the PDP, and expressed assurance that President Tinubu would beryllium defeated.

He added:

“And the beauteous portion is that it’s not the PDP unsocial that volition execute this. The PDP is simply a conveyance — Nigerians privation to usage it to nonstop their message. And that connection volition beryllium large and clear.”

Also successful his absorption to Wike’s declaration of enactment for Tinubu, a subordinate of the PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Bode George, said the main absorption enactment would tract a campaigner of confederate extraction who indispensable beryllium a subordinate of the party.

He added that the enactment would by nary means enactment for the re-election of Tinubu due to the fact that helium belongs to different governmental party.

He said:

“All these radical junketing, bash they deliberation that the lone antheral who tin beryllium President successful 2027 is Bola Tinubu? The PDP volition not rally circular Tinubu, helium is not a subordinate of our party.”

The retired Navy Commodore besides vowed to pb the PDP run successful its hunt for a statesmanlike campaigner some successful the 2027 and the 2031 polls.

“In 2027, it volition inactive beryllium the crook of a southerner, and we volition find a southerner successful PDP. In 2031, it volition spell backmost to the north. I volition combat and pb the run for whoever volition triumph the emblem of the PDP successful 2031,” helium pledged.

Speaking connected the matter, CUPP nationalist publicity caput Mark Adebayo labelled Wike arsenic the “president’s hatchet man”, accusing him of moving to dismantle absorption parties.

He stated:

“He’s an cause provocateur wrong the PDP. He’s not genuinely a member; he’s an cause to watch. You cognize wherefore I telephone him the President’s hatchet man? Because he’s disrupting and weakening his ain party, truthful the President tin person an casual thrust for a 2nd term. That’s the issue.”

Also, the NNPP nationalist publicity secretary, Ladipo Johnson, called connected the PDP to bring its members nether power and asserted that Tinubu would beryllium defeated successful 2027 contempt Wike’s endorsement.

Johnson stated that it is Nigerians, who person been enduring hardship, who volition yet find Tinubu’s destiny successful the 2027 election, not Wike.

The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Yunusa Tanko, questioned Wike’s presumption arsenic an absorption figure.

“At this point, we can’t realistically respect Wike arsenic a chieftain of the opposition,” Tanko argued.

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Reactions arsenic Wike vows to enactment Tinubu’s re-election

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that PDP chieftain Dare Glintstone Akinniyi has reacted arsenic Nyesom Wike, declared enactment for President Tinubu’s second-term bid, contempt being a subordinate of the PDP.

In an interview with Legit.ng, the PDP nationalist younker radical spokesperson, described Wike’s connection arsenic an embarrassment and questioned his loyalty to the enactment up of the 2027 predetermination but expressed interest implicit the party's silence.

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