How Wike Chased Peter Obi, Umahi And Other Governors Out Of PDP –  Bwala; Says Obi Could Have Been PDP Candidate

By Gideon Njoku

But for Wike’s alleged sabotage of the Peoples Democratic Party’s zoning arrangement, two things would have happened. One, Peter Obi would have been the Presidential candidate of the Party. Two: Atiku Abubakar could not have ran for the Presidential office.

This was revealed Wednesday by Barr. Daniel Bwala, one of the Spokespersons for the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, in an interview with Channels Television.

Bwala also revealed that a couple of other Governors, including Engr David Umahi, Ebonyi State and Professor Ben Ayade, Cross Rivers State, were chased out of the PDP by Wike.

Bwala did not quite say why or how, but this medium recalls that  both Ayade and the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, who also dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC, had complained about Wike’s alleged over- bearing attitude before they dumped PDP for the APC.

On Obi, Bwala said that Wike truncated Obi’s chances because of his selfish ambition. According to him, the PDP had talked about zoning, and Atiku said that only the South-east and the North-east should benefit from it. He also disclosed that during a discussion, Atiku had said he would not contest if it goes to the South-east.

But said Bwala, having shot himself on the foot by denying being Igbo, Wike knew he was out of the calculation, and so, sabotaged the zoning arrangement.

Bwala: “At a time, there was an agitation from some elders in the South that power should be zoned to the region. And, I recall that Atiku Abubakar even had a conversation where he said if you are talking about zoning, then the two zones that should benefit is either the South-east or the North- east. And that if it was zoned to the South-east he was never going to run.

“Wike has always been saying he is not an Igbo. So, because of that, if it was zoned to the South-east, he is shut out, he can’t run for President. And, therefore, this idea of Peter Obi who had participated in 2019, as Vice Presidential candidate,  if it was zoned, he is going to emerge.”

Recall that the Governor of Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom, a close Wike ally, was the Chairman of the PDP Zoning Committee, which threw open the PDP ticket to all Zones. Ortom is now one of the aggrieved Governors at loggerheads with the Party since Wike lost both the Presidential and Vice Presidential tickets.