{"id":177151,"date":"2025-09-01T18:25:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T17:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wike-urges-bauchi-gov-to-bring-back-peter-obi"},"modified":"2025-09-01T19:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:36:05","slug":"wike-urges-bauchi-gov-to-bring-back-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-urges-bauchi-gov-to-bring-back-peter-obi","title":{"rendered":"Wike Urges Bauchi Gov to Bring Back Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has warned Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State against bringing former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, back to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n<p>Wike issued the warning during a media parley on Monday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting to comments made by Bauchi governor, who is the Chairman of PDP Governors\u2019 Forum, during an interview on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>Bala Mohammed said PDP was considering Obi and former President Goodluck Jonathan for its 2027 presidential ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Wike said bringing Obi back to the PDP and giving him the presidential ticket in the 2027 general elections would destroy the party.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cBringing Obi to where? You want to kill the party? Obi that was abusing the party, saying it is rotten \u2014 so the party is now good enough for him? Ambition can make people even go to Satan\u2019s house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has warned Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State against bringing former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, back to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike issued the warning during a media parley on Monday in Abuja. 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