2023 Presidential Election: Atiku Finally Reveals Why Peter Obi Left PDP
- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has revealed the alleged reason why the Labour Party flagbearer Peter Obi left the PDP
- Atiku who was the PDP presidential candidate in the February 25 elections said Obi left the party for the LP due to the constants insults he got from Governor Wike
- The PDP flagbearer made the claim on Wednesday, March 25, in Abuja through one of his spokesmen, Phrank Shaibu
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FCT, Abuja - The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said Peter Obi, left the party due to the constant insults he got from Governor Nyesom Wike.
Obi had purchased the presidential form of the PDP in the buildup to the party's primaries in 2022. He, however, later pulled out and defected to the Labour Party (LP) where he eventually contested the 2023 presidential election.
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Speaking through his media aide Phrank Shaibu, in Abuja on Wednesday, March 14, Atiku said it was Governor Wike's attack on Obi over the control of the PDP structure in Anambra that made Obi leave.
“Even Peter Obi left due to the constant insults from Wike who battled with him over the structure of the PDP in Anambra state," Vanguard quoted Shaibu as saying.
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2023 presidential election: Wike worked against Peter Obi - Shaibu
Speaking further, Shaibu said Wike pretended to be supporting Obi but later worked against him in the 2023 presidential election.
The Atiku's spokesman claimed the Rivers state governor worked for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
“Wike invited Peter Obi to Port Harcourt under the guise of commissioning projects only for him to work against the same Obi and then goes around to call Obi the hero of the election.
“This is obviously a shameless man who takes Nigerians for fools.
“Wike is a snake and that is why even after helping Tinubu to a dubious victory in Rivers State, even Tinubu cannot invite him to the dinner table because a snake is not the kind of animal you can invite into your home. Such animals cannot be domesticated," he said.
Presidential election: Atiku, PDP withdraw fresh suit seeking to inspect INEC materials
In another report, the suit seeking to inspect INEC's material used during the February 25 presidential polls filed by the PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku, has been withdrawn.
The counsel of Atiku and the PDP told the Court of Appeal in Abuja that they were no longer willing to push for the case.
Making this known during the session at the appellate court, the counsel for Atiku, led by Joe-Kyari Gadzama (SAN), notified the court that they had already filed a notice of discontinuance.
Source: Legit.ng
