Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has ruled out the possibility of Peter Obi ever becoming Nigeria’s president, asserting that the former Anambra State governor has missed his chance.
Speaking on Sunday, July 6, 2025, during a thanksgiving service celebrating the completion of several new projects in Abuja, Wike launched a scathing attack on the ADC-backed opposition coalition, singling out Obi as its central but fading figure.
“Peter Obi can never be president again; his time has passed,” Wike said pointedly during the event.
He went further to accuse the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate of hypocrisy, claiming that Obi only began to question Nigeria’s democratic system after he lost political relevance.
“Now he says democracy is no longer working. But when he was governor of Anambra, democracy was working,” Wike added, criticizing what he described as Obi’s shifting political rhetoric.
Wike’s comments come amid rising political tensions ahead of the 2027 general elections, with various opposition forces coalescing into new alliances and the Labour Party threatening punitive actions against defectors.
A prominent voice within the APC-led federal government, despite his roots in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Wike has never shied away from controversy.
