2027 presidency: Wike declares self Tinubu’s FCT campaign ‘commander’

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said helium volition pb President Bola Tinubu’s re-election run successful the FCT and Rivers State up of the 2027 wide elections.

Wike disclosed this connected Monday astatine a stakeholders’ gathering of the Rainbow Coalition successful Abuja, wherever helium announced plans for a associated mobilisation involving members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He said governmental differences would not halt stakeholders from joining forces to present Tinubu’s re-election, adding that the conjugation had besides agreed to backmost APC candidates for National Assembly seats successful the FCT.

The gathering was attended by APC and PDP stakeholders, including enactment chairmen, serving and erstwhile senators, National Assembly candidates and leaders from the FCT’s six country councils.

PDP candidates contesting National Assembly seats besides declared enactment for their APC counterparts, successful what appears to beryllium a cross-party confederation up of the polls.

Wike charged participants to spot the coalition’s communal extremity supra enactment loyalty.

“For the presidency, each of america person agreed that it is Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I americium going to coordinate the FCT and Rivers State. So you tin ideate however important it is.

“I americium successful complaint of the FCT election. I americium the comm...