Veteran journalist and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has issued a stern warning to President Bola Tinubu, advising in opposition to giving additional political elevation to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Talking in a strongly worded response to Wike’s latest feedback throughout an look on Channels Tv’s Politics Right this moment, Momodu claimed that the previous Rivers State governor had been deeply altered by the intoxicating results of energy and entry to public funds.
“My enchantment to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is that it doesn’t matter what you expect to realize from Wike in 2027, Wike just isn’t the type of character it’s best to promote,” Momodu warned.
In response to Momodu, Wike’s political evolution from his early days as a neighborhood authorities chairman to a strong minister has been marred by conceitedness and a lack of humility.
“When a person who had been a no one will get energy, he begins to vary slowly and steadily,” Momodu stated, suggesting that Wike’s transformation was pushed by an unchecked urge for food for management and affect.
He additional alleged that Wike’s respect was as soon as solely reserved for his political godfather, former Governor Rotimi Amaechi, earlier than the tide of energy shifted.
“The oppressed man respects just one man – the oppressor,” Momodu acknowledged. “Wike used to respect just one man – Rotimi Amaechi.”
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Recounting his private expertise with the FCT Minister, Momodu revealed that each males had loved a cordial relationship main as much as the 2022 PDP presidential primaries. Nevertheless, the bond fractured as political ambition intensified.
“In fact, after energy in Nigeria comes the spirit of cash. Additionally very demonic for those who don’t know methods to handle it effectively,” he remarked, including that energy with out character usually results in a tragic political descent.
Momodu’s feedback come amid rising speculations about Wike’s function in Tinubu’s 2027 political calculations, particularly given his strained ties with the PDP and perceived alignment with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Whereas neither Wike nor the presidency has responded to Momodu’s remarks, political analysts counsel the warning indicators deeper tensions throughout the nation’s political class over the previous governor’s affect and ambitions.
Because the race to 2027 begins to take form, voices like Momodu’s are anticipated to additional stoke the hearth across the query of who holds sway—and who ought to.
