Nyesom Wike ruled out any arrangement to admit politicians aligned with Atiku Abubakar's African Democratic Congress back into the PDP, describing the group as electoral liabilities rather than assets to the party. Speaking as leadership tensions within the PDP continued to play out between his camp and the Turaki-led faction, Wike insisted the party did not need to court members who had already left for a rival platform. The remarks underlined the PDP's determination to rebuild around its existing structures, including state-level campaigns such as Usman Adamu Sufi's in Bauchi, rather than negotiate with departed members ahead of 2027.