March 26, (THEWILL) – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has declared his intention to thwart former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s 2027 bid for the presidency, declaring he had no regret that the 2023 presidential candidate lost the election to President Bola Tinubu.
His media aide, Lere Olayinka, made this known on Wednesday while responding to Atiku’s recent comment on having no regrets that he did not pick Wike as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election.
THEWILL recalls that the Presidential Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had presented a choice of three candidates, including former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, Wike and ex-governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel, as running mates before Atiku. However, the former Vice President would eventually choose Okowa, who became his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.
Speaking on Wednesday, in a post on X, Olayinka said, “Two years after making the @OfficialPDPNig lose a presidential election it could have won, @atiku is giving reasons he did not pick @GovWike as his running mate and that he has no regrets.
“Someone should tell our serial presidential election contester that Wike also has no regret for ensuring that he failed in the election and will make sure that he fails again and again.”
Earlier, Atiku had said his presidential ambition for 2027 remain uncertain.
Speaking in a yet-to-be-aired interview for a television show, Untold Stories, with Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie, the Turaki Adamawa declared: “I don’t know because there has to be, first of all, a viable platform, more than any other time in the political history of this country, particularly since the return of democracy.”
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