During the reign of the PDP, the PDP under the leadership of Wike, suspended Governor Seyi Makinde, Governor Bala Mohammed, Governor Dauda Lawal, and Bode George.
Other prominent leaders who were suspended include the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Adolphus Wabara, Senator Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, the Deputy National Chairman (South), Taofeek Arapaja, and others, due to allegations of conducting activities against the party's interests.