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

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has stated he’ll lead President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign within the FCT and Rivers State forward of the 2027 common elections.

Wike disclosed this on Monday at a stakeholders’ assembly of the Rainbow Coalition in Abuja, the place he introduced plans for a joint mobilisation involving members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He stated political variations wouldn’t cease stakeholders from becoming a member of forces to ship Tinubu’s re-election, including that the coalition had additionally agreed to again APC candidates for National Assembly seats within the FCT.

The assembly was attended by APC and PDP stakeholders, together with social gathering chairmen, serving and former senators, National Assembly candidates and leaders from the FCT’s six space councils.

PDP candidates contesting National Assembly seats additionally declared assist for his or her APC counterparts, in what seems to be a cross-party alliance forward of the polls.

Wike charged individuals to put the coalition’s frequent purpose above social gathering loyalty.

“For the presidency, all of us have agreed that it’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I’m going to coordinate the FCT and Rivers State. So you’ll be able to think about how necessary it’s.

“I’m in command of the FCT election. I’m the commander of area operations so far as the FCT election is anxious.

“I want to let all of you know that we are going to work together. Nobody should say, ‘I am PDP’ or ‘I am APC.’ For the purpose of this election, we are together,” he stated.