Key PDP members now leaving party’s carcass for Wike – Dele  Momodu

Prominent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) figure, Dele Momodu, has said several high-ranking members of the opposition are turning their backs on the party, effectively leaving it under the control of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, Momodu noted that the exodus from the PDP is making way for a new coalition to emerge ahead of the 2027 elections.

“Without any doubt, people are leaving the carcass of PDP to Wike and his cronies, that’s all. It was a prophecy foretold,” he said when asked whether he intends to exit the party.

Although Wike remains officially with the PDP, his position as a minister in the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government has drawn criticism from within his own party amid a long-standing internal crisis.

Momodu accused the APC of strategically infiltrating other parties to weaken any serious opposition ahead of the next general election.

“The ruling party does not want competition in 2027, so what they are doing now is to send their moles into any major formidable party,” he alleged.

Despite the turmoil within the PDP, the media mogul expressed renewed hope in the prospects of a unified opposition. He referenced a gathering of opposition leaders in Abuja on Wednesday, during which the African Democratic Congress (ADC) was adopted as the platform for a new political alliance.

“I have never seen that kind of coalition, even when we were doing coalition for Buhari in 2014 and 2015, it was not this powerful and impactful,” he said.

“What I saw yesterday rekindled my hope in Nigeria that Nigerians will not sit down and allow one man to hijack the country.”

Momodu did not spare the current administration led by President Bola Tinubu, arguing that the state of the nation has deteriorated since the end of Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.

“I know you might not be able to answer but is this the Nigeria of your dreams? Are you better today than you were two years ago? At least when Buhari left, we saw what he left no matter how bad it was, but it is much worse today,” he said.