{"id":118181,"date":"2025-05-01T20:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=118181"},"modified":"2025-05-01T20:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:13:01","slug":"momodu-defending-atiku-for-financial-gains-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/momodu-defending-atiku-for-financial-gains-wike\/","title":{"rendered":"Momodu defending Atiku for financial gains &#8211; Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has accused Ovation Magazine publisher, Dele Momodu, of defending former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar for financial benefits..<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recall that Momodu had accused Wike of being the brain behind the crisis in the People&#8217;s Democratic Party (PDP) including the fragmentation of the party&#8217;s National Working Committee (NWC) and exit of critical stakeholders.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement issued on Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, Wike\u00a0 described Momodu as a \u201cfairweather friend\u201d who is only loyal to Atiku because of financial benefits, alleging that the media entrepreneur would quickly abandon the former vice president if the monetary flow ceased.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are hearing all this noise from him because Atiku is paying his bills. Let Atiku stop paying, Oga Dele Momodu will move to the next victim,\u201d Olayinka said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reacting to Momodu\u2019s recent claim that Wike was responsible for Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi\u2019s exit from the PDP, Olayinka dismissed the assertion, calling it baseless.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOnly someone like Dele Momodu, who does not have knowledge of anything apart from his stomach, would claim that it was Wike that drove Peter Obi out of the PDP,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He alleged that the former vice president sabotaged the party\u2019s efforts since 2003, including its unsuccessful bid to win Lagos State.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAtiku has been the weapon fashioned against the PDP since he frustrated the party\u2019s efforts to win Lagos State in 2003,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also questioned Atiku\u2019s sincerity regarding his call for a South-East presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 elections, noting that Atiku had obtained the PDP\u2019s presidential Expression of Interest form before the zoning committee concluded its work.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDele Momodu claimed Atiku wanted the PDP to field a candidate from the South-East, but conveniently ignored the fact that Atiku had already declared his interest,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Olayinka cited the exit of key PDP stakeholders including former campaign DG Senator Gbenga Daniel and Atiku\u2019s 2023 running mate Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa as evidence of internal dissatisfaction with Atiku\u2019s leadership.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWas it Wike that made Senator Gbenga Daniel, who was the Director General of Atiku\u2019s 2019 campaign, leave PDP barely two weeks after the election? Was it Wike that made Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa leave the PDP?\u201d he queried.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that former Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel, who chaired Atiku\u2019s 2023 campaign, and his successor Governor Umo Eno, were also distancing themselves from the party.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe question is, why did everyone who worked closely with Atiku during the 2019 and 2023 elections leave him afterwards? The reason can only be because someone is a selfish person who is only about himself alone,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Efforts to reach Atiku\u2019s spokesperson, Paul Ibe, and Dele Momodu for comments were unsuccessful as of the time of filing this report.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has accused Ovation Magazine publisher, Dele Momodu, of defending former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar for financial benefits.. 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