2027: Wike says PDP members across states must support Tinubu.
By Adegboyega Adeleye Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike says he and the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee have agreed that PDP members in all states must support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election.
Wike made the statement on Tuesday in Rivers State during the unveiling of the Rainbow Coalition’s preferred candidates for the 2027 elections, saying the agreement reflected his position as PDP national leader and the support of the party’s NWC.
“What this means is that as the National Leader of the People’s Democratic Party and with the support of the National Working Committee, we have agreed that all the states will support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Wike said.
He added that PDP members in several states must support Tinubu, as the Rainbow Coalition aims to unite people across party lines behind the president’s re-election bid. “So, every PDP member in Imo State, you will support Bola Ahmed Tinubu; every PDP member in Kwara, Gombe, Zamfara, Ogun, and all other states must support Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” Wike also said only the party officials he identified and himself could speak on behalf of the PDP, citing the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) recognition of Mao Ohuabunwa as chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BOT) and Abdulrahman Mohammed as national chairman. “There is nothing like a factional leader; INEC has recognised the Peoples Democratic Party led by the Mao Ohuabunwa as chairman of the BOT and Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed as the National Chairman, and nobody can speak on behalf of the party except these two people and me, the National Leader,” he added.
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