The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, said that with time it will be revealed who “owns the game” in the Peoples Democratic Party.
The FCT Minister revealed that the party was told that the presidency should be given to a Southerner but those who fought him in 2014 went ahead and supported another candidate, according to The Nation.
The former Rivers State governor leaked the secret on Sunday at a special thanksgiving organised by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, to mark his birthday, his new position in the National Assembly and his appointment as the Grand Patron of the Boys Brigade.
He said: “When I wanted to be governor 2014 and 2015 the same people fought me. There was nothing they didn’t do to get the ticket but they couldn’t get it. But they had no choice but to come to me.
“In 2023 just because they couldn’t get the ticket, they swore over their dead body and went and supported another presidential candidate. But for me I insisted that a southerner would be President. They fought me. But we won.
“We told PDP that the Presidency must go to the South. Forget people going from one place to another. Don’t dissipate your energy. Don’t worry yourself. Time we come and we will see who owns the game.”
