Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has assured President Bola Tinubu that to get the votes of River State people during the 2027 presidential election, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) does not need to have the buy in of Governor Siminalaye Fubara.
The Minister boasted that his political camp can do without the backing of the sitting governor in the oil rich state and successfully mobilise support for Tinubu in the state ahead of the 2027 elections.
Wike spoke on Saturday in Port Harcourt during the inauguration of the state headquarters of a support group, ‘Renewed Hope Ambassadors’.The former governor said his group has what is required to ensure victory for Tinubu in the state.
“We don’t need to have a governor to mobilise for Mr President; we don’t need it. We have all it takes to be on our own. We have senators, assembly people, council chairmen, national assembly members, and party chairmen of APC and PDP. We have mobilised ourselves to make a commitment. If you say you are supporting somebody, there is no need for the person to bring his resources; you have to make a commitment, and this is what our leaders have done.”
While heaping praises on Desmond Akawor, the coordinator of the support group, for his mobilisation drive, Wike said the state would work massively for the re-election of the president.
“Desmond Akawor, you have shown enough capacity to mobilise; you have moved to all the nooks and crannies of Rivers to talk about Tinubu for president in 2027. I have said before that Rivers state is a no-go area, and I want to say again that this state is totally for Tinubu.
“We have made sure that all the 23 local governments and zonal coordinators were inaugurated; that day Nigerians all over the world watched that Rivers state is a no-go area.
“Today, the renewed hope ambassadors’ coordinator has also invited us to commission some vehicles that the headquarters of the Secretariat will use and to commission the secretariat itself; this is the first of its kind in this part of the country.
“I challenge anybody; let them come to Rivers state and learn. Our commitment is not by mouth, our commitment is not by newspaper; ours is by showing that, yes indeed, we are working for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said.
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