2027: Ondo APC elders reject Wike's Rainbow Coalition, issue warning

Elders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful Ondo State connected Wednesday warned members of the enactment against engaging successful conjugation authorities with different parties, stressing specified actions are anti-party and volition fail.

The elders nether the aegis of PBAT Mandate Elders Forum, distanced themselves from the projected 'Rainbow Coalition' successful the state, emphasising that APC is fashionable capable to unafraid triumph without forming an confederation susceptible of sacrificing candidates of the party.

Speaking astatine a property briefing successful Akure, the authorities capital, the Chairman of the Forum, Demola Ijabiyi, emphasised that the elders are not antagonistic to the authorities governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, describing him arsenic the person of the enactment successful the state.

Ijabiyi stated that the conjugation statement is not indispensable successful the state, arguing that the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has collapsed and does not airs a threat.

He further explained that portion the conjugation mightiness beryllium utile successful states wherever the enactment is weak, Ondo State is an APC stronghold that does not necessitate specified compromise.

He said, "There mightiness beryllium rainbow coalitions everywhere. Every portion is ascendant successful those states. We person nary crushed to beryllium catering distant our candidates for immoderate rainbow coalition.

"The large governmental hostile that we person successful each Ondo authorities was, and I deliberately usage the word, was, was PDP. Where is PDP today? Where are their candidates? They person gone down successful the country.

"Now, is it each these emer...