Atiku vs Tinubu: Top political analyst rubbishes Wike's suggestion on PDP's zoning, 2027 election

• Dare Akinniyi accuses Nyesom Wike of undermining the PDP and moving to guarantee President Tinubu's re-election successful 2027.
• Wike’s comments connected PDP’s zoning argumentation dismissed arsenic biased, with Akinniyi asserting that the summons should beryllium unfastened to each aspirants, including Atiku Abubakar.
• Akinniyi warns the PDP to prioritise alliances and contiguous a agreed beforehand if it hopes to decision the APC successful the adjacent wide election.

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

The spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Group, Dare Glintstone Akinniyi, has maintained that the sentiment of Nyesom Wike, the curate of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), regarding zoning of the party's presidential ticket successful the 2027 wide election, is needless.

Wike plotting for Tinubu’s re-election - Akinniyi

PDP Youth Spokesperson reacts arsenic Wike says nary 2027 statesmanlike summons for the northbound successful PDP. Photo credit: Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, GSSRS
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In an exclusive interrogation with Legit.ng connected Tuesday, May 13, 2025, Akinniyi noted that Wike is playing games and helium is funny successful ensuing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's 2nd word stay unhindered.

“We each cognize the games and crippled of Minister Wike,” Akinniyi said.

Legit.ng reported that Wike, successful a media chat held connected May 12, warned that the PDP risked different defeat successful 2027 if it failed to portion its statesmanlike summons to the South.

He argued that the party’s refusal to bash truthful successful 2023 contributed to its nonaccomplishment and cautioned against repeating the aforesaid strategy.

However, Akinniyi, successful an interrogation with Legit.ng, dismissed Wike’s stance, suggesting that the erstwhile Rivers authorities politician remained bitter implicit his 2022 nonaccomplishment to Atiku Abubakar during the PDP statesmanlike primaries.

"We each cognize the games and crippled of Minister Wike, helium is funny successful thing that volition springiness his Boss, President Tinubu a creaseless and unhindered 2nd word successful 2027. Even a unsighted Man tin spot that Wike is moving circular the timepiece to spot PDP neglect and ne'er to resoluteness its crisis. "His sentiment astir zoning is needless, arsenic we already cognize his bias and the campaigner helium volition beryllium supporting successful 2027. After participating successful the Presidential Primary of the PDP successful 2022, helium started his run against the Party and the emblem bearer — with his G5 Movement. Today, the PDP is much divided owing to his run against his party."I deliberation erstwhile helium remembers however helium was defeated by Atiku Abubakar aft helium boasted that helium volition extremity the erstwhile VP's governmental vocation astatine the primary, helium gets aggravated and depressed each again."

PDP statesmanlike summons isn’t crystal pick - Akinniyi

PDP chieftain insists Atiku is the campaigner that tin wrestle powerfulness with Tinubu successful the 2027 election. Photo credit: Atiku Abubakar, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, GSSRS, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Meanwhile, Wike’s comments person important implications for erstwhile Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who has made wide his volition to proceed contesting for the presidency.

If the PDP opts to portion the summons to the south, Abubakar, who is from the north, would beryllium ineligible to tally for the presidency nether the party’s platform.

However, Dare Glintstone Akinniyi, reaffirmed his enactment for Atiku and noted that helium is the astir viable campaigner to situation Tinubu successful 2027.

He further urged the PDP to fortify alliances with different parties and to disregard Wike’s “demeaning” and “infuriating” dual loyalties.

The PDP chieftain, successful an interrogation with Legit.ng, asserted that:

"It's wide the Minister Wike is connected a travel to extremity and destabilize the PDP to the vantage of the APC, particularly to instrumentality President Tinubu successful 2027. I don't cognize what erstwhile VP Atiku Abubakar is reasoning but helium remains the 1 campaigner that tin decision Tinubu immoderate day. He is popular, up to day trends successful governance and business, with contacts worldwide to make a state similar Nigeria. "No large governmental enactment gives retired statesmanlike tickets similar crystal cream, aspiring candidates indispensable contention to person it and I deliberation the statesmanlike summons should beryllium thrown unfastened for everyone to vie and whoever wins, should person everyone's support. "I judge we don't request Wike's recommendations, helium should support them for his Boss and the enactment helium is supporting. He can't beryllium successful 2 governmental parties astatine the aforesaid clip - it is demeaning and infuriating. The PDP arsenic astatine contiguous indispensable collaborate with different parties, fractional of our members are successful furniture with the APC hence our confederation with others indispensable beryllium prioritized. The Nigerian electorates are bushed of APC but they request to beryllium definite that we are serious, oregon other they volition look successful different direction."

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2027 election: Wike vow to enactment Tinubu draws reaction

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

In an interrogation with Legit.ng, the PDP National Youth Group spokesperson, described Wike’s connection arsenic an embarrassment and questioned his loyalty to the enactment up of the 2027 election.

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Source: Legit.ng