2027: Wike inaugurates Tinubu campaign council in Rivers, says “3m votes targets possible with hard work”

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has formally inaugurated the Rivers State section of the All Progressives Congress (APC)/Rainbow Coalition Presidential Campaign Council, charging the implicit 700-member assemblage to mobilize grassroots enactment and present 3 cardinal votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid.

Speaking during the inauguration ceremonial successful Port Harcourt, Wike, who serves arsenic Coordinator of the Tinubu Campaign Council and the person of the Rainbow Coalition, urged assembly members to wantonness conventional, ceremonial rally-style authorities successful favour of assertive door-to-door and community-based mobilization.

"We are going to depart from that ceremonial run benignant of converging successful 1 spot and saying we are holding a rally,

"Rather, we are going to spell retired to communities, to household meetings, to age-grade meetings, and to the markets to speech to them vigorously. Tell them wherefore Tinubu should beryllium re-elected,” helium said.

To execute the ambitious three-million-vote target, the erstwhile Rivers politician handed down a strict regular quota to each assembly member.

"You indispensable beryllium recovered working. Take it arsenic a constituent of duty: each day, I volition get astatine slightest 5 voters that volition ballot for Tinubu and members of the National Assembly.

"If you multiply the fig of radical you triumph regular by the members of this assembly and the subcommittees, that i...