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FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has slammed former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi over his frequent movement between political parties, saying he is simply looking for where “food is ready.”
Speaking during a media chat in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike recounted Obi’s political journey from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the Labour Party, to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), and now to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
“Peter Obi was in APGA. He couldn’t put APGA together in crisis. What is leadership? Leadership is for you to stand up to challenges and see how you settle those crises. He left APGA,” Wike said.
According to Wike, Obi then moved to the PDP but left after complaining about one person dominating the party, adding that he then joined the Labour Party, where a crisis also emerged.
“He came to the PDP. He ran away from PDP. He said there is one man in the PDP who is dominating everything. He went to labour. Labour had crisis. You couldn’t also use your leadership skills, your leadership prowess, to put labour together. He ran away again from labour.”
Wike continued: “He went to ADC. Now ADC has a problem. ‘Oh, I don’t know what’s happening there. You run away from ADC again. You are now in NDC.”
The FCT minister then questioned Obi’s ability to stabilise any political platform, suggesting he only joins parties where success seems assured.
“All you are looking for is food is ready. Mama put, Food is ready. Anywhere. Who will stabilise if you cannot stay and stabilise?” Wike said.
“Obi was in APGA, he couldn’t build APGA. He went to Labour, he ran away again from Labour… All you are looking for is food is ready.”
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, says Peter Obi’s repeated political defections raise questions about his leadership consistency. pic.twitter.com/PrvOXZJvWI
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On Sunday, Obi had announced his exit from the ADC in a post on X. He described Nigeria’s political space as increasingly toxic and hostile to genuine public service.
“We now live in an environment that has become increasingly toxic, where the system that should protect and create opportunities often works against the people,” Obi wrote.
Obi said his decision to leave the ADC was not due to personal mistreatment by party leaders, including Senator David Mark or former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
“Let me state clearly: my decision to leave the ADC is not because our highly respected Chairman, Senator David Mark, treated me badly, nor because my leader and elder brother, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, or any other respected leaders did anything personally wrong to me. I will continue to respect them,” Obi said.
He blamed systemic issues instead, saying the same forces that created crises within the Labour Party now appear to be finding their way into the ADC.
“The same Nigerian state and its agents that created unnecessary crises and hostility within the Labour Party that forced me to leave now appear to be finding their way into the ADC, with endless court cases, internal battles, suspicion, and division,” he wrote.
Obi also stated that he is not desperate for political office, saying, “Let me assure all that I am not desperate to be President, Vice President, or Senate President. I am desperate to see a society that can console a mother whose child has been kidnapped or killed while going to school or work,” he said.
Obi was the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election. Since then, he has left the Labour Party and the ADC, adding to his earlier exits from APGA and the PDP. He is now in the NDC.
