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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Monday declared himself the field commander of President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign in the FCT, pledging to coordinate the president’s campaign in the territory and Rivers State ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Wike made the declaration at a Rainbow Coalition stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja, where he unveiled a cross-party mobilisation strategy involving members of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party to secure Tinubu’s re-election.

The meeting also saw PDP National Assembly candidates in the FCT declare support for their APC counterparts, with Wike saying the coalition had agreed to work together for Tinubu’s re-election and the success of APC candidates in the National Assembly elections.

“For the Presidency, all of us have agreed that it is Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I will coordinate the FCT and Rivers State. So you can imagine how important it is.

“I am in charge of the FCT election. I am the commander of field operations as far as the FCT election is concerned,” the minister said.

The meeting was attended by APC and PDP stakeholders, including party chairmen, serving and former senators, National Assembly candidates and political leaders from the FCT’s six area councils.

Wike said the gathering was intended to establish a common political front ahead of the elections, regardless of the parties to which the participants might belong.

“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 said.


The former Rivers State governor cited the 2024 Edo State governorship election as an example of how political alliances could influence electoral outcomes.

He claimed that cooperation between elements of the APC and PDP had helped prevent the incumbent governor from installing a successor, arguing that political differences could be set aside when stakeholders shared a common objective.


Wike, however, clarified that the coalition’s arrangement was primarily focused on the presidential election, leaving participating parties to determine their positions on other contests.

Making a case for Tinubu’s re-election, the minister challenged political leaders to identify any of the FCT’s six area councils that had not benefited from infrastructure projects and institutional reforms under the current administration.

He cited the establishment of the FCT Civil Service Commission, the appointment of a Head of the Civil Service from within the territory’s workforce and the creation of the Women Affairs and Youth Development secretariats as evidence of the administration’s achievements.

According to Wike, the reforms had created opportunities for career progression among FCT civil servants and expanded participation in governance.


He also listed road construction and rehabilitation, school renovations, police stations and other public facilities among projects being executed across the territory.

The minister expressed confidence that the administration’s performance would provide a basis for mobilising FCT residents to support Tinubu in 2027.

Wike also defended the President’s economic reforms, acknowledging that some policies had imposed hardship but arguing that difficult decisions were necessary to address longstanding economic challenges.

“Changing the economy of a country is not like a prayer,” he said, adding that the benefits of economic reforms might not be immediate.

He further expressed support for the proposed establishment of state police, describing it as an important measure for addressing Nigeria’s security challenges.

Source: https://punchng.com/2027-wike-declares-self-tinubu-fct-campaign-commander

No one can take the title from him

He's good at his job both politically and in governance

The best FCT 'Governor' in the whole world!

Carry on Sir

Your candidates will still lose.

They must do and ensure Peter Obi does not win any state this time around by mobilizing Nigerians to vote APC and reject NDC. The embarrassment of Obi winning Lagos the last time is still on like a fresh fart stench

Dreamer


Tinubu is a fraudster

Abuja is now the political capital of Africa

Wike God bless you

He's the most popular FCT minister we've ever had

F000lish man ..........................let's see how it goes...2027 is not 2023

The end of this man we not good i swear..many politicians are waiting for him if tinubu fail relection.....

Okay, you will be struggling for FTC and Rivers elections and you will end up losing both.


Suffering Nigerians knows how to handle people like you.




🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

How this man wants to duplicate himself in two places on the presidential Election Day is what I’m really curious about.


Aja kan ki so ojule meji. A dog cannot guard two homes at once, one must suffer for the other.

If you can't be an ally of Wike, please don't be his enemy

Cos you will be forgotten politically

Kindly ask Amaechi for details

Porthacourt is one of the most beautiful city in Nigeria presently courtesy of the Lion King of Ubiama.

Abuja is growing in infrastructure on a daily basis because of the leadership qualities of Mr projects

Even the so called obidients praised him as a Governor and were happy when he told obi that he will provide logistics for his campaign in Rivers State

The problem started when Wike realized that obi doesn't have the capacity to win and everyone had to associate with the winner 🏆

Now Wike is winning and they are crying

So shall it continue

Kudos to baba Wike, you can't work and let others take the Glory.
Rivers and FCT is in the bag for Jagaban

LMAO…. I dey sure say obidients go dey secretly wish say Wike dey their camp. A single Wike is greater than a thousand Obis

Hmmm .... looks like he's letting us know we'll be seeing him instead of Tinubu. Makes me believe even stronger ... Tinubu will not be campaigning..... he's too far gone.

It's obvious Wike doesn't understand and know the kind of voters in Abuja, he will be shocked.

Watianoengineer:
They must do and ensure Peter Obi does not win any state this time around by mobilizing Nigerians to vote APC and reject NDC. The embarrassment of Obi winning Lagos the last time is still on like a fresh fart stench

What’s dis mumu saying? Lagos is a common ground for all and not a property of one family.

dapelua:
The end of this man we not good i swear..many politicians are waiting for him if tinubu fail relection.....

Ojukwu placed a curse on Obi, he should go to his grave and seek forgiveness

I just like this man called Wike for nothing...John Wick of our own

It's fine, why are you complaining? It's our party under Tinubu so Wike is an asset and a true commander in Abuja city politics cys we want to make sure NDC got nothing in Abuja I mean nothing and Wike is the warrior he will do it so makes una face your online NDC matter.

Wike don give NDC criers another job this morning dem go dey cry for the entire of today. Wike you wicked walahi you go just throw one thing those paid opposition will sit with it for another one week, like play like play na so we go dey distract una till election come and gone.

Tinubu is sick, frail and fragile, unable to govern. But the vultures feasting on Nigeria wealth want him to continue so that they can continue with their loot. Let's unite and boot them out now!

xanderj22:
It's obvious Wike doesn't understand and know the kind of voters in Abuja, he will be shocked.

Those that voted for all his candidates during the council elections?

Not everyone is blind to see progressive governance never seen before like the you lots

Relax, your days of tears is fast approaching - not today

PDPdestroyer:
LMAO…. I dey sure say obidients go dey secretly wish say Wike dey their camp. A single Wike is greater than a thousand Obis

You can say that again. I'm sure you'll see that the obidients are already absconding and dodging this post because they know that Wike knows exactly what he's talking about. And they can't even challenge him.

The most they'll do is hate and call him sorts of unprintable names just as it's engraved in their DNA.

Heffalump:
Tinubu is sick, frail and fragile, unable to govern. But the vultures feasting on Nigeria wealth want him to continue so that they can continue with their loot. Let's unite and boot them out now!

Is that your new song?

Keep singing while we keep winning

You guys even composed numerous songs during the 2023 electioneering season

We saw the outcome

Nothing gonna change

This wike 2027 declaration is actually a trap for apc and every genuine apc member because wike said it himself: nobody should say I am pdp or apc, how can the field commander of tinubu campaign be a man who is still proudly pdp? and also wike only cares about tinubu not apc, meaning he will not support apc governorship, senatorial or house of reps and assembly candidates unless they are part of his rainbow coalition.

The rainbow coalition is anti-apc in rivers,imo,oyo, kwara, enugu,fct every state where he has influence, wike supports pdp candidates or his own loyalists from other parties against authentic apc candidates. he fought APC in rivers in 2023 and is still fighting apc structure in rivers today.

How do you now tell a loyal apc member in fct who has worked for the party since 2014 that his leader is now a pdp Minister who tells pdp national assembly candidates to support apc counterparts only when it favours him? what happens tomorrow when wike interest clashes with apc interest?

President tinubu needs to be careful. you cannot give the soul of your re-election to a man whose loyalty is to himself and to his coalition, not to apc, wike is using Tinubu name to keep himself relevant, to protect his own political empire in rivers and fct

Ogabode:
This wike 2027 declaration is actually a trap for apc and every genuine apc member because wike said it himself: nobody should say I am pdp or apc, how can the field commander of tinubu campaign be a man who is still proudly pdp? and also wike only cares about tinubu not apc, meaning he will not support apc governorship, senatorial or house of reps and assembly candidates unless they are part of his rainbow coalition.

The rainbow coalition is anti-apc in rivers,imo,oyo, kwara, enugu,fct every state where he has influence, wike supports pdp candidates or his own loyalists from other parties against authentic apc candidates. he fought APC in rivers in 2023 and is still fighting apc structure in rivers today.

How do you now tell a loyal apc member in fct who has worked for the party since 2014 that his leader is now a pdp Minister who tells pdp national assembly candidates to support apc counterparts only when it favours him? what happens tomorrow when wike interest clashes with apc interest?

President tinubu needs to be careful. you cannot give the soul of your re-election to a man whose loyalty is to himself and to his coalition, not to apc, wike is using Tinubu name to keep himself relevant, to protect his own political empire in rivers and fct

Let the governors too campaign for their candidates

Wike is free to mobilize for anyone he's comfortable with

He didn't stop the governors - they shouldn't stop him

This is democracy

Not even all the governors are really working for the president, some are working for the opposition but Wike is never an hypocrite

He's either with you fully or against you fully

No fence sitting

What of Rivers state,he want to be here and here

adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/2027-wike-declares-self-tinubu-fct-campaign-commander

If you like, call yourself field marshal.

May 2027, TIfnubu is leaving asorock, and you will be in exile forever.

Criminals In high places.

This thing wey Dey worry Una strong oh

Watianoengineer:
They must do and ensure Peter Obi does not win any state this time around by mobilizing Nigerians to vote APC and reject NDC. The embarrassment of Obi winning Lagos the last time is still on like a fresh fart stench

This thing wey Dey worry Una strong oh

I hailed WIKE on the completion of the APO-Karshi road in Abuja. That road was so difficult that 4 FCT ministers couldn't complete it.

Na man you be Wike 💪