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Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has reiterated his Rainbow Coalition’s support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections.
Wike gave the assurance in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said his support for Tinubu was being channeled through the coalition, a multi-party platform he initiated to galvanize support for Tinubu.
The minister’s comments follow a warning issued by governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the creation of parallel political structures capable of undermining Tinubu’s re-election.
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum made the statement on behalf of the governors on Monday during a closed door meeting in Abuja.
Wike, however, explained that the coalition has nothing to do with the APC as wrongly perceived by some APC governors.
“The coalition is a platform for other political parties who are satisfied with Tinubu’s good work and support his re-election.
“It has nothing to do with the APC. Rather, it is our way of mobilizing support from all political parties for Mr. President, who has done well to deserve a second term,” he said.
The minister further said that the rainbow coalition was not created to help people win elections in their states.
According to him, politics is local and those who have problems in their states should resolve them instead of using Tinubu’s re-election bid to stoke sentiments.
He said he had never met APC governors before he and other G5 members supported Tinubu in 2023, stressing that his support for the 2027 elections is exclusively for the president.
Wike, who said politics is about truly mobilizing support and winning elections in polling units, urged all Tinubu supporters to focus on the presidential election first.
“After the president is re-elected, we can all go and face elections in our various states.
“What I have said and maintain is that I will mobilize support for Tinubu’s re-election.
“I have never promised anyone that the PDP will not field candidates to contest the governorship, National Assembly and state House of Assembly elections.
“If in 2023, voters in Imo, Abia, Enugu and Ebonyi vote APC in the senatorial elections and vote for another party in the presidential elections, they will not be confused in 2027, as long as we all sincerely support the president this time,” he said.
