The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, says political realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections will produce a “larger rainbow coalition” in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Wike spoke on Friday in Abuja during an inspection of ongoing projects in the FCT, while reacting to the recent visit of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to President Tinubu.
The Minister described Adeleke’s engagement with the President as an indication of a broader political alignment forming ahead of 2027.
“What happened last night is a meeting to rebuild a larger rainbow coalition. And he (Adeleke) is supporting Mr President. He’s in a different party; I’m supporting Mr President, and I’m in a different party. So, it’s a larger rainbow coalition,” Wike said.
He predicted more defections and alignments in the coming weeks.
“And in the next few weeks, watch what is going to happen. You will see a larger rainbow coalition in this country supporting Mr President,” he said.
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Wike dismissed the notion of a formidable opposition ahead of 2027, arguing that the current political landscape lacks a clearly defined leading opposition party.
“When you say opposition, I’ve told you I don’t know what you call opposition; as far as I’m concerned, there is no opposition now,” he said.
He said the PDP, which should ordinarily lead the opposition, had been weakened by internal crisis.
“Ordinarily, it should have been PDP, but because of the crisis we’ve had, you can’t see a formidable party that you will call the leading opposition party,” he added.
Reacting to claims by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), that it helped Adeleke win the Osun governorship, Wike said: “All those ADC who are talking about ‘they helped Adeleke to win,’ they just wanted to go and harvest where they never planted.”
He also downplayed possible reactions from former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and NDC’s Peter Obi to his engagement with Adeleke.
“What you have are people who are just trying to see whether they can be relevant,” he said.
Wike said the project inspection was to ensure key infrastructure earmarked for completion this year were delivered on schedule.
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