Wike Defends APC Collaboration to Defeat PDP in Edo Election
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, stated he has no regrets about collaborating with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2024 Edo State governorship election. He emphasized that the alliance was crucial to prevent former Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki from installing a successor.
Wike made these remarks during a stakeholders' meeting of the Rainbow Coalition in Abuja. He noted that the APC candidate, Monday Okpebholo, won the election on September 21, 2024, with 291,667 votes, defeating PDP candidate Asue Ighodalo, who received 247,274 votes.
Wike acknowledged Ighodalo's qualifications but refused to support him due to his association with Obaseki, whom he described as ungrateful. Wike also argued that political coalitions have historically influenced electoral outcomes in Nigeria, asserting that the coalition between the PDP and APC was pivotal in the recent election.
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