{"id":80938,"date":"2025-12-29T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=80938"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:47:01","slug":"wike-claims-role-in-makindes-rise-amid-pdp-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/29\/wike-claims-role-in-makindes-rise-amid-pdp-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike Claims Role in Makinde\u2019s Rise Amid PDP Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has claimed he played a key role in Governor Seyi Makinde\u2019s political rise, saying the Oyo State governor might not have secured office without his support.<\/p>\n<p>Wike made the remark during a public engagement in Ibadan, where he also criticised Makinde\u2019s political decisions.<\/p>\n<p>He referenced a reported $1 million discussion in the context of backing Makinde\u2019s governorship.<\/p>\n<p>The comments have sparked online debate and highlighted tensions within the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>Wike\u2019s media team contrasted Makinde\u2019s business achievements, including earning his first $1 million before politics, with Wike\u2019s political career, further fueling discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say the exchange reflects broader internal divisions in the PDP ahead of the 2027 elections, as factions position around differing ambitions and strategies.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has claimed he played a key role in Governor Seyi Makinde\u2019s political rise, saying the Oyo State governor might not have secured office without his support. Wike made the remark during a public engagement in Ibadan, where he also criticised Makinde\u2019s political decisions. He referenced a reported $1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":80939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1755,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2027-general-elections","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80940,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80938\/revisions\/80940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}