{"id":179519,"date":"2025-09-18T20:44:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wike-reveals-mistake-behind-pdp-primary-loss"},"modified":"2025-09-18T21:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:53:35","slug":"wike-reveals-mistake-behind-pdp-primary-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-reveals-mistake-behind-pdp-primary-loss","title":{"rendered":"Wike Reveals Mistake Behind PDP Primary Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A 2023 presidential aspirant, Nyesom Wike, has explained the major reason he failed to secure the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n<p>Wike admitted that he made a mistake by allowing his supporters in Kano and Katsina to wear a uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Wike came second in the PDP primary election, which he controversially lost to Atiku Abubakar.<\/p>\n<p>Wike also claimed that, prior to the primaries, a meeting was held at the home of General Ali Gusau, where certain decisions were made which were not in his favour.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on Channels Television on Thursday, Wike said: \u201cI was going to win the 2022 PDP presidential primaries, but it turned out they were meeting in General Ali Gusau\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey told Saraki and Bala Mohammed to withdraw; they refused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mistake I made was allowing my supporters in Kano and Katsina to wear our uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Narrating the events of 2022, Wike accused former Senate President David Mark of using his military coup experience to rig the election, adding that Tambuwal was promised the Senate presidency in exchange for withdrawing from the primaries.<\/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. A 2023 presidential aspirant, Nyesom Wike, has explained the major reason he failed to secure the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike admitted that he made a mistake by allowing his supporters in Kano and Katsina to wear a uniform. 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