Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Chief Bode George, has appealed to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to end their increasingly bitter public spat, describing it as embarrassing and unnecessary.
George spoke on Monday, December 29, during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he urged both men to resolve their differences within party structures.
“I want to advise them. Enough of these shenanigans. In politics, whatever you want to do within your system, you do it,” the PDP elder statesman said.
Wike and Makinde, once close allies in the now‑defunct G5 bloc, have recently been at loggerheads over allegations that Wike is working behind the scenes to weaken the PDP in favour of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 ambitions.
Last week, Makinde claimed in a media chat that the former Rivers governor told President Tinubu he would help neutralise the PDP ahead of the next presidential election.
“I was in a meeting with the president and Wike and a few others, and Wike said to the president that I will hold PDP for you against 2027; I was in shock,” Makinde said. “So, we got up, and I asked Wike, did we agree to this?”
Wike fired back during his own end‑of‑year media chat on Monday, dismissing Makinde’s allegation as false and accusing the Oyo governor of damaging the party.
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“That’s a blatant lie,” the FCT minister said. “That is why… you see, Seyi Makinde has never called me Wike again. That is the first time he called me Wike.”
The minister added: “That is so unfair to say that I said that (I will hold PDP down for you). If you look at that media chat, you will see that Makinde was frustrated.”
Wike and Makinde were members of the G5, alongside former governors Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Samuel Ortom (Benue) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu).
The group opposed the PDP’s 2023 presidential ticket and ultimately backed Tinubu, insisting power should shift to the South.
George said he had warned them at the time against deciding unilaterally whom to support.
“That was the last time I remembered we sat together,” he said, as he renewed his call for the feuding PDP heavyweights to step back from public confrontation and handle disputes internally.