{"id":103599,"date":"2023-12-09T21:22:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/not-picking-wike-as-atikus-running-mate-pdps-biggest-mistake-omokri"},"modified":"2023-12-10T00:07:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T23:07:01","slug":"not-picking-wike-as-atikus-running-mate-pdps-biggest-mistake-omokri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/not-picking-wike-as-atikus-running-mate-pdps-biggest-mistake-omokri","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not picking Wike as Atiku\u2019s running mate PDP\u2019s biggest mistake\u2019 \u2013 Omokri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Reno Omokri, a sociopolitical activist, has said the biggest mistake by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the 2023 presidential election was the failure to make the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, the vice presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Omokri said Wike would have ensured victory for PDP in the presidential election by winning Oyo, Abia, Rivers, Enugu, and Benue states.<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu defeated PDP\u2019s Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party\u2019s Peter Obi to emerge as the winner of the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Omokri posted on X: \u201cThe biggest mistake we made in the PDP during the #NigerianElections2023 was not giving Wike the vice presidential slot of our party. By how many votes did we lose to the APC?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLess than two million. If we had a running mate like Wike, we would have gotten that collectively from Rivers, Oyo, Abia, Enugu, and Benue with the G-5. In politics, you do not do what you like to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do what you have to do. Under normal circumstances, an alpha personality like Wike would be too assertive to be a follower. I would not even support it if all things were equal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Reno Omokri, a sociopolitical activist, has said the biggest mistake by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the 2023 presidential election was the failure to make the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, the vice presidential candidate. 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