Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), claims that Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential contender in the 2023 elections, is fighting him.
Wike addressed on Saturday at a private luncheon with stakeholders in Port Harcourt, Rivers’ capital.
Wike hosted the luncheon to recognise the Rivers House of Assembly faction led by Martin Amaewhule.
During the ceremony, the FCT minister made digs at his political opponents.
Despite “so much” lobbying, the former Rivers governor refused to support Obi in the 2023 presidential race.
Wike claimed that some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members who desire the party’s presidential ticket in 2027 are also conspiring against him.
Wike boasted that his political opponents would not win.
He said:
“Let me tell you what is going on. I have no regret at all for supporting President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. I have no regret about it.”
“All these things you are seeing… there is Atiku’s group, Peter Obi’s group and some few governors of the PDP who believe I’m a problem to them. I will continue to be a problem to them.
“Atiku’s group believes that I and my team stopped them from becoming president. What we stopped was injustice. All we wanted was equity and fairness.
“Obi’s group — they lobbied me so much. They can’t deny it. I said, ‘look, this won’t fly. Rivers state will not go to where we will not… it won’t fly’. There is also a gang-up. They are fighting us back. They are fighting themselves.
“There is another gang-up within the PDP who wants to be president and they say, ‘look if we don’t do anything now we have a problem’. I can assure you they will have a problem.
“There is another APC — very prominent. All these people combined, they will lose.”