Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has criticised Peter Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), over his defection to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
Wike spoke on Wednesday during his monthly media chat in Abuja, where he revisited Obi’s political journey and accused him of failing to build or stabilise political platforms he has belonged to.
He said Obi’s pattern of movement reflects opportunism rather than ideology-driven leadership.
“Obi was in APGA. He couldn’t build the APGA. What is good in leadership? Leadership is for you to stand up to challenges and see how you settle those crises,” Wike said.
“He left APGA. He came to the PDP. He ran away from the PDP. ‘There was one man in the PDP who was dominating everything’. He went to Labour. Labour had a crisis. He couldn’t also use his leadership skills, his leadership prowess, to put Labour together. He ran away again from Labour.”
Wike added that Obi’s most recent political move further reinforces his alleged inconsistency in leadership.
“He went to ADC. Now ADC has problems. He ran away from ADC again,” he said.
According to the minister, Obi’s decisions are driven by self-interest rather than party loyalty or reform-minded leadership.
“All he is looking for is where food is ready. ‘Mama put’. Who will stabilise if you cannot stabilise ?” Wike said.
He also referenced Obi’s reaction to the supreme court judgement on the ADC leadership dispute, alleging inconsistency in his public comments and those of his supporters.
“When the Supreme Court judgement came out on ADC, Obi said the Supreme Court has saved this country,” Wike said.
“Yesterday, one Obidient said they have looked at it, that there’s a trap there. So after you have praised the Supreme Court, you now know there’s a trap ?”