Nyesom Wike, Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and member of opposition Party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has stated that the chances of Atiku Abubakar getting the Party’s Presidential Ticket in 2027 does not arise. He said it is unrealistic, not possible.
Downplaying the chances of the former Vice President, who was the Party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 Election, Wike categorically stated that for Atiku to become the Party’s Flagbearer in 2027 will simply not happen.
The former Rivers State Governor made this assertion during a live media parley on Wednesday evening in Abuja. He said that Atiku had severally presented his blueprint to Nigerians and he had been serially rejected.
Following the hardship faced by Nigerians as a result of the policies of President Bola Tinubu and the dwindling economic fortunes of the Nation, Atiku had said that if he had won the 2023 Presidential Election, he would have done things differently from President Tinubu and Nigerians would not have been faced with the current level of hardship.
Countering Atiku’s submission, Wike said; “Did he (Atiku) not present it (blueprint) before Nigerians? Did Nigerians choose him? He is lobbying for another chance. The chance will not be there. In which party? How can we use one man for how many years? He will even be too old then.
“Look at America, I am sure you all did not support Trump saying he is this, he is a racist, he is that, we are crying, Americans were thinking about something else, thinking for the good of their own country, and made a decision.
“You presented your blueprint in 2023, Nigerians heard you clear and said thank you, but it will not work, we will not support you. Criticisms do not mean opposition is working”.
