BREAKING: Wike Orders All PDP Members to Collapse Structures, Back Tinubu’s 2027 Re-Election

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other opposition parties to collapse their political structures and support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.

Wike made the call during a meeting with political stakeholders in Rivers State, where he also sought the support of the camp loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara for Tinubu’s second-term ambition.

The minister said politicians were increasingly competing to demonstrate their contributions to Tinubu’s anticipated victory in the 2027 general elections, hoping to secure political rewards after the polls.

According to him, many political actors are positioning themselves to convince the president that their support and the votes they deliver should earn them a stake in the next administration.

“There is something going on now, like a competition. Everybody wants to say, ‘Mr. President (Tinubu), we are the ones that made you to win, see the number of votes we brought, so Mr. President, this is what we brought, what is our own stake?’ That is the politics we are playing now. It’s Mr. President, we are here, look at us too,” Wike said.

He added that PDP members should unite behind the president, insisting that his supporters were committed to mobilising votes for Tinubu across political lines.

“Everybody in PDP must support Mr. President, that’s what we are doing. Everybody will collapse and vote for Mr. President,” the former Rivers State governor declared.

However, Wike clarified that his support for Tinubu’s re-election and the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the presidential level did not mean he would support the party in every elective contest in Rivers State.

The minister maintained that local political interests would determine alliances and electoral decisions in the state, warning against allowing the APC to dominate all elective positions.

“But politics is local; we can’t allow them to take everything. I won’t go empty-handed,” he added.

Wike’s remarks underscore his push for a broad political coalition in support of Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election, while maintaining his own political interests in Rivers State.

His position also highlights the distinction he has drawn between presidential support for Tinubu and the contest for other elective offices in Rivers, where political alignments remain a separate consideration.