{"id":197388,"date":"2026-03-23T03:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wike-promised-to-support-tinubu-against-pdp"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:36:59","slug":"wike-promised-to-support-tinubu-against-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-promised-to-support-tinubu-against-pdp","title":{"rendered":"Wike Promised to Support Tinubu Against PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has attributed the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to an alleged plot by Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to hold the party down for President Bola Tinubu in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Makinde spoke on Sunday when he met with Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, in Bauchi.<\/p>\n<p>According to Makinde, any PDP member identifying with the Wike-backed faction must have agreed to support Tinubu in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Makinde said, \u201cI was in a meeting with Wike and Mr President and he (Wike) promised to hold PDP for Mr President towards 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo anyone moving with Wike and his group, have agreed to support President Tinubu for the 2027 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not begrudging them. You can support whoever you want to support, but go to them if you want to support them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have the government behind them, they have the judiciary and INEC behind them but we have the people behind us.\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. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has attributed the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to an alleged plot by Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to hold the party down for President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Makinde spoke on Sunday when he met with Bauchi State Governor, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wike Promised to Support Tinubu Against PDP - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has attributed the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to an alleged plot by ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-promised-to-support-tinubu-against-pdp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wike Promised to Support Tinubu Against PDP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has attributed the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to an alleged plot by ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-promised-to-support-tinubu-against-pdp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T02:20:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T03:36:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774236908.261676.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1151\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-promised-to-support-tinubu-against-pdp#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-promised-to-support-tinubu-against-pdp\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Wike Promised to Support Tinubu Against PDP\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-23T02:20:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-23T03:36:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-promised-to-support-tinubu-against-pdp\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-promised-to-support-tinubu-against-pdp#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774236908.261676.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-promised-to-support-tinubu-against-pdp#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-promised-to-support-tinubu-against-pdp\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-promised-to-support-tinubu-against-pdp\",\"name\":\"Wike Promised to Support Tinubu Against PDP - 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