A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi says it is unfair for party members to accuse FCT Minister Nyesom Wike of harboring presidential ambitions when he has not declared them.

Sowunmi, speaking in an exclusive interview with Daily Post, stated that Wike is a leader who does not hide his ambitions, emphasizing that Wike is not pretentious.

He expressed his belief that if the former Rivers State governor intends to run for the presidency in 2027 on the Peoples Democratic Party ticket, Wike would not keep it a secret.

The former gubernatorial candidate in Ogun State also observed that the PDP may not have lost the 2023 presidential election if Atiku and the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, had been the flag bearers.

Read excerpts of the interview below

I’m not his spokesperson and do not have the power to speak for him but the truth of the matter is that Wike is not a pretentious character. He is even so unpretentious which is part of the problem, so I don’t think that if Wike wants to run for the presidency he will be hiding; that’s not who he is.

At least, I have been in this party since he has been here and we have been seeing ourselves, we’ve had the benefit of lots of good positions in the party, he’s not made of that kind of pretentious material to say he wants to be president when he doesn’t want to be or being afraid to say when he wants to be president.

At least, for the 2027 circle, I have not heard anything to that effect and if he wants to be president, he will obviously say it at some point; but certainly, you can’t be accusing him of such because it will be uncharitable to do so.

What I think is going on is that everybody has a way they react to what they consider to be a hurt or an injustice for the breach of their right. And if people have the ability to fight or react to the breach of their right, you may not like it but it will be a bit too much to say they don’t have the right. When you injure people, you can only be sure of your own action and not predict the action of the person who feels injured.