Peter Obi left PDP because of Wike - Dino Melaye claims

Dino Melaye, the spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council has blamed Nyesom Wike for the party's defeat in the 2023 presidential election.

Melaye also said that the Rivers State Governor is responsible for Peter Obi's exit from the party.

Recall that Obi joined the Labour Party weeks before the presidential election.

Melaye, a PDP governorship aspirant in Kogi State, stated this while speaking on Arise TV.

Recall that Wike has said he won’t support PDP in the forthcoming Kogi State governorship poll if the party fields Melaye as its candidate.

But the former Kogi West Senator said Wike has never supported PDP, adding that he supported Governor Yahaya Bello’s candidate against the party’s candidate in the Kogi Central senatorial election, Natasha Akpoti, in the just concluded National Assembly elections.

He said, “It is Wike’s attitude and character that cost the PDP the presidency. Peter Obi left our party because of Wike. Because Wike supported the Chris Uba side during the delegates’ Congress [in Anambra]. And that was why he [Obi] left the party.

“Wike said today ‘if the party picks Dino Melaye as their flag bearer, I will not support PDP in Kogi State’. He has never supported PDP. When Natasha [Akpoti] ran this time around, he was supporting Yahaya Bello’s candidate against Natasha in the just concluded 2023 elections.”