Wike's membership of the PDP remains a bitter pill to swallow for many chieftains of the party.

Sowunmi, who aspires to lead the opposition party as its national chairman, described current PDP leaders as unserious because they allowed one individual to ‘appear too strong for the party.’

Recall that during the build-up to the 2023 election, Wike, who at the time was the Governor of Rivers State, scuttled his party’s chances in the state.

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Wike’s political battle with the Presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, started after Atiku emerged as the party’s flagbearer for the election.

Atiku Abubakar and Iyorchia Ayu.

Atiku’s emergence riled Wike, who had hoped that the party’s presidential ticket would be zoned to the southern region.

The crisis that ensued cost the PDP the election as Wike during one of his ceremonial project inaugurations ahead of the election, vowed to work against his party if Ayu did not quit as the national chairman of the PDP.