2027: I don’t need to be campaign DG to deliver Rivers, FCT for Tinubu – Wike

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed reports that he is lobbying to become the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Wike said he does not need any position in the President’s campaign structure to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid.
The Minister made his position known in a statement issued on Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka.
Reacting to reports that listed him among those being considered or lobbying for the campaign DG position, Wike described the claim as false.
He said he ...