{"id":9684,"date":"2026-11-05T08:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/im-pdp-member-but-wike-is-not-my-leader-oyinlola\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T08:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:32:05","slug":"im-pdp-member-but-wike-is-not-my-leader-oyinlola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/im-pdp-member-but-wike-is-not-my-leader-oyinlola\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m PDP member but Wike is not my leader\u2019 \u2014 Oyinlola"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Oyinlola\"<\/p>\n

Former Osun State Governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has dissociated himself from the Peoples Democratic Party leadership purportedly under the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, saying the minister is not his leader.<\/p>\n

Oyinlola, a retired general, stated this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today<\/em> programme.<\/p>\n

When asked whether Wike was his leader in the PDP, the former governor said, \u201cNo, not my leader. You don\u2019t say that kind of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cYes, I am a member of the PDP, but he\u2019s not my leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oyinlola also suggested that Wike was young enough to be his political subordinate, citing their different stages of life when he served as military governor of Lagos State between 1993 and 1996.<\/p>\n

Asked whether Wike was his boy, he said, \u201cHe qualifies to be. When I was governor in Lagos, where was he? In school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wike, a PDP member, was appointed FCT minister by President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He subsequently established the Rainbow coalition, a political structure backing Tinubu\u2019s re-election bid in 2027.<\/p>\n

The coalition has attracted criticism from some PDP members who accuse Wike of working against the party\u2019s interests by supporting the president.<\/p>\n

Oyinlola, who governed Osun from 2003 to 2010, also blamed the crisis rocking the opposition party on internal forces working against efforts to restore its unity.<\/p>\n

Speaking about former President Olusegun Obasanjo\u2019s efforts to rebuild the party, Oyinlola said the former president had been working to re-engineer its structure, but some members were frustrating the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been trying to ensure that the party is re-engineered. But those who don\u2019t want it are working against it within the party. That\u2019s the much I can say,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Oyinlola maintained that the PDP remained capable of recovering from its internal crisis, noting that it had structures across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PDP is not dead. The bone will rise again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that the party had a presence in all 774 local government areas and could regain its strength if members resolved their differences.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we get our acts together, it\u2019s a thing we can achieve, but the forces making sure we don\u2019t get there are there. They are not sleeping,\u201d Oyinlola said.<\/p>\n

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