Expelling Wike From Pdp, A Task That Must Be Done - Obaseki

Don Pedro Obaseki has stated that Nyesom Wike's expulsion from the PDP is necessary for the party's survival.

He alleged that Wike has consistently engaged in divisive actions within the party. He accused the former Rivers State governor of orchestrating the suspension or expulsion of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, as well as making derogatory statements against the PDP and engaging in acts of betrayal, Vanguard reports. Obaseki contended that Wike's ambition to secure the PDP's presidential nomination had caused internal conflicts within the party. [caption id="attachment_10333" align="alignnone" width="640"] Don Pedro Obaseki wants PDP to suspend Nyesom Wike. Photo: BBC[/caption] According to him, Wike has been responsible for the departure of several prominent PDP members, such as Bello Matawalle, Dave Umahi, and Professor Ben Ayade, from the party. He denied Wike's claim that the PDP flouted its own zoning rules for the 2023 elections and argued that the party never officially zoned the presidential ticket to the South. Obaseki expressed his belief that Nigerians deserve better and that the PDP will continue to pursue the legal battle to reclaim its alleged stolen mandate. He said: “The party never said power should go to the South because it was the turn the South in the PDP but it was the turn of the South in the APC. “Since 1999, we have had six elections. The PDP had given four times out of that six to the South. Two times to Olusegun Obasanjo and two times to Goodluck Jonathan. “But the party has given two out of six to the North. Once to Yar’ Adua and once to Atiku. I made a presentation to the governors in December 2021 in Asaba and Nyesom Wike did not agree because he wanted a situation where the primaries would be thrown open. “He wasn’t campaigning but I was campaigning for the South-East and the North-East because they were the only zone that are yet to rule our country since January 15, 1966, outside the South-East that had six months hiatus with General Aguiyi Ironsi. “Wike, knowing that he’s just less than 106km away from Otuoke in the home state of Jonathan had no moral right to want to run for the presidency when the immediate Southern President and the last President of the PDP was from the same former Rivers State with him. Wike was fighting a cause that was for himself in an attempt to prepare the ground for his eventual running.” He noted that the battle to reclaim the party’s stolen mandate which has gone to the Supreme Court would be pursued to its logical conclusion because Nigerians deserve better.