Dele Momodu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has stated that several senior members of the party have chosen to leave its ranks for the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, amid growing interest in a newly formed opposition coalition.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, Momodu described the PDP as a “carcass” being left to Wike and his loyalists. He suggested that the party’s internal crisis, which has persisted for years, had become untenable for many of its leading figures.
“Without any doubt, people are leaving the carcass of PDP to Wike and his cronies, that’s all. It was a prophecy foretold,” he said when asked whether he planned to defect from the party himself.
Wike, although currently serving in President Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress (APC) administration as FCT Minister, has remained a member of the PDP, a move that has further fueled controversy within the opposition ranks.
Momodu went on to accuse the APC of deliberately planting political moles in rival parties as part of a broader strategy to stifle credible competition ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“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 alleged.
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The publisher and former presidential aspirant expressed strong support for the emerging opposition coalition, which convened in Abuja on Wednesday and announced the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its unified platform for the 2027 elections.
According to Momodu, the coalition represents a formidable force with the potential to reshape Nigeria’s political landscape, claiming that it is even more powerful than the alliance that propelled former President Muhammadu Buhari to victory in 2015.
“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,” he said. “What I saw yesterday rekindled my hope in Nigeria, that Nigerians will not sit down and allow one man to hijack the country.”
Momodu also criticized the Tinubu administration, asserting that conditions in the country have deteriorated further since President Buhari left office in 2023.
“I know you might not be able to answer, but is this the Nigeria of your dreams? Are you better today than you were two years ago?” he asked rhetorically. “At least when Buhari left, we saw what he left, no matter how bad it was, but it is much worse today.”
The opposition coalition, which includes figures such as Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, and other former governors and ministers, aims to present a unified front against the APC in the next general election. The coming months are expected to bring further clarity on party alignments and political defections ahead of the 2027 race.
