A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has claimed that top members of the party were leaving to join Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in a new opposition coalition.
Momodu made the statement on Thursday on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, accusing the All Progressives Congress (APC) of sending moles to opposition parties.
Wike, who is serving as a minister under the All Progressives Congress administration, has remained in the PDP which has been embroiled in an internal crisis for years.
When asked if he was leaving the PDP, he said, ”Without any doubt, people are leaving the carcass of PDP to Wike and his cronies, that’s all. It was a prophecy foretold,” Momodu said.
He accused the APC of sending moles to opposition parties, saying that the ruling party does not want competition in the 2027 election.
“The ruling party does not want competition in 2027, so what they are doing now is to send their moles into any major formidable party,” he said.
The media personality expressed his optimism about the formation of the new coalition, saying it has the potential to wrest power from the ruling APC in 2027.
Hensard Times recalls that at a meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, the leaders of the coalition announced the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as their adopted platform for the 2027 election.
Momodu said that not even the coalition that brought Mohammadu Buhari to power in 2015 was as powerful as the new coalition.
“I have never seen that kind of coalition, even when we were doing coalition for Buhari in 2014 and 2015, it was not this powerful and impactful.
“What I saw yesterday rekindled my hope in Nigeria that Nigerians will not sit down and allow one man to hijack the country,” Momodu said.
He praised the coalition’s leadership and slammed the Tinubu administration, saying it has made Nigeria worse than the Buhari administration left it.
