Nigeria, Dec. 29 -- The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has denied assuring President Bola Tinubu to undermine the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to his advantage of his reelection ambition ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

Mr Wike's rebuttal is a fresh twist to his deepening rift with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, who recently made the allegation.

Mr Wike dismissed the allegation as false and politically motivated, insisting that at no point did he pledge to sabotage the opposition party or act as a covert ally of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The denial follows Governor Seyi Makinde's recent assertion that Mr Wike openly told the president he would "hold down" the PDP, a claim that has intensi...