Atiku Had No Choice But To Leave PDP — Wike

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had no option but to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for another party, insisting that Atiku’s departure was inevitable given his history with the party.

Speaking on Channels Television’s current affairs programme, ‘Politics Today’, on Monday evening, Wike accused Atiku and his allies of repeatedly destabilising the PDP, saying their recent defection to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) only confirmed their lack of commitment.

“Atiku has no choice but to go,” Wike said. “Someone who wanted to use the PDP, knowing that I am there, he cannot get that platform. These are people who destroyed the party. Remember how many times he left and came back to the PDP.”

The FCT Minister also took a swipe at those who had accused him of secretly working for the APC, describing their actions as hypocritical now that many of them have defected to the ruling party.

“The man you people claimed is working for APC to kill PDP is still in the PDP, and you people have run away to join the party you said I am working for,” he said.

When asked if he felt pleased that most of his critics had exited the party, Wike replied curtly, “They have never been committed.”