I Back Tinubu For 2027, But PDP Will Contest Other Elections – Wike
Wike said the coalition supports Tinubu across parties and has no link to the APC, while insisting the PDP can still contest other elections.
- On Monday, the APC Governors Forum chaired by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma unanimously rejected the Rainbow Coalition, resolving that members would not support any political alliance capable of undermining President Bola Tinubu's 2027 re-election or weakening APC candidates.
- Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike created the multi-party Rainbow Coalition to mobilise support for President Tinubu's re-election across different political parties, clarifying it has no connection with the APC.
- Wike attacked governors as 'politically lazy,' specifically citing Imo State's 2023 results where APC won two senatorial seats despite Tinubu receiving less than 15 per cent of presidential votes, arguing electoral success requires genuine grassroots mobilisation.
- South-East APC leaders demanded Wike apologise to governors, declaring 'We stand solidly with all Progressive Governors' and defending their records of delivering development and securing more than 25 per cent of presidential votes in 2023.
- The deepening rift between Wike and Governor Uzodimma puts President Tinubu in a difficult position, with analyst Ilyasu Gadu warning the conflict could trigger serious rupture within the APC before 2027.
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Wike also dismissed any suggestion that the rainbow coalition is an arrangement with the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it instead as a platform through which members of different political parties can mobilise support for Tinubu.
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“The APC Governors Forum unanimously resolved that its members will not participate in, support or endorse any alliance or political arrangement capable of undermining the re-election of Mr President, weakening the APC or adversely affecting any candidate of the party at all levels.”
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he will not help politicians win elections in their respective states. He stressed that his priority for the 2027 general elections is to mobilise support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election. Wike made the clarification in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on […] I won’t help anyone win elections in their states – Wike
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