I Never Promised To Hold PDP Down For Tinubu – Wike

Nyesom Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has denied claims that he promised President Bola Tinubu that he would hold down the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2027 presidential election. This comes after Seyi Makinde accused Wike of promising Tinubu that he would wreck the opposition party for him.

Describing Makinde’s allegation as a blatant lie, he suggested that the Oyo State governor is simply frustrated and lacks the courage to openly declare his own presidential ambitions.

Nyesom added that Gov. Makinde’s claim is very unfair and should not be taken seriously.

His words, “Seyi Makinde has never called me Wike. That is the first time I have heard him calling me Wike. It’s unfortunate.

First of all, you ask yourself, what was that meeting? What was the purpose of that meeting? That would have led me to say, Mr President, I will hold PDP down for you.

Why did Seyi Makinde not come up all this while to tell the party, see what Wike is doing? I was in a meeting. I saw what Wike said. It’s not correct.

There was no such meeting. Rather, my humble self, the former governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, the former governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, the former governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and Seyi Makinde, went to see the president.

We went to see the president after elections were over, to discuss certain things. While we were there, the Chief of Staff — you should know that the Chief of Staff is always around the president.

I was the one who said, look, Chief of Staff, come and sit down, so we can remind the president of what we have discussed. There was nothing like a meeting we booked to go and see Mr President. So, it is completely out of place for anybody to say that in that meeting I told Mr President that I would hold PDP down for him.

I have told everybody, frustration — if you can see it, if you watch Seyi Makinde, you can see frustration. And this young man, we have advised severely.

Politics is not like being a contractor with Shell. Politics is not like being a contractor. It has different rules.

When did Seyi Makinde come into politics? There is nothing wrong with having ambition, but the ambition must be pursued according to the rules.”

WOW.