PDP Ran To Wike For Help After Atiku, Obasanjo Abandoned Party – Oshoma

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Speaking in a monitored interview on Arise News, Oshoma offered a detailed critique of the PDP’s internal turmoil, accusing the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, of actively destabilising the opposition ahead of the 2027 general elections.

According to Oshoma, the PDP’s troubles did not begin in 2023. Instead, he argued that the party’s decline started years earlier when key leaders disengaged from party affairs at critical moments.

“I would not just start the crisis of PDP from 2023,” he said. “I would first and foremost blame the past presidents that the PDP produced for abandoning the party when it needed them most.”

Oshoma noted that the party became financially and structurally weakened after some influential figures distanced themselves. He recalled episodes where major stakeholders defected or renounced their membership.

“Some persons went to mortgage the party to Modu Sheriff. Atiku had left. Obasanjo tore his PDP card. And then they quickly ran to Wike,” he stated.

This desperation, he argued, pushed the PDP to “mortgage its future” to Wike, then governor of Rivers State, without properly assessing the long-term consequences. Oshoma referenced the series of contradictory court decisions from the Federal High Courts in Abuja and Port Harcourt as evidence of deeper institutional problems.

“It shows truly that something is wrong,” he said.

The activist further accused Wike of a pattern of undermining party stakeholders he once supported.

“You said you wanted Uche Secondus out; he went out. Atiku was your problem; Atiku had gone. Now Damagum came—someone you were in hot romance with until now. Enough should be enough.”

Addressing the legal controversies surrounding the PDP’s contentious convention in Ibadan, Oshoma criticised the recurring issue of conflicting court orders from courts of coordinate jurisdiction—a problem he said continues to erode public confidence in the judicial system.

“It’s sad and unfortunate that at this day and time, we’re still having a ping-pong of judgments and court orders,” he said. “When courts of coordinate jurisdiction clash, you pick and choose which to obey. In this case, the last court order, from Oyo State, was obeyed, and they went ahead with the convention.”

Oshoma’s remarks reflect growing concerns about the PDP’s capacity to reposition itself as a coherent opposition ahead of the 2027 elections, especially amid ongoing internal divisions and legal disputes.