2027: Only Tinubu Can Win Rivers, Wike Declares

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that President Bola Tinubu is the only presidential candidate capable of winning Rivers State in the 2027 general election, urging political observers to “cancel Rivers” from their electoral calculations if they are not counting votes for the President. Speaking during his monthly media chat in Abuja on Tuesday, Wike said a broad political coalition comprising members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Labour Party (LP), the Action Alliance (AA), and other political groups had resolved to work together in support of Tinubu’s re-election while prioritising the interests o...