Rivers Chose Tinubu, Wike Says

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and coordinator of Bola Tinubu’s presidential campaign in Rivers State, said residents would support the president in the January 16, 2027 election. At a rally in Port Harcourt, he said the crowd had come from Rivers and cited 47 political appointments for people from the state and federal projects as evidence of Tinubu’s commitment. Wike also criticized Rotimi Amaechi over a fumigation exercise that he said had failed to eliminate mosquitoes. He recalled Amaechi’s role as campaign director for Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and 2019, when the APC candidate failed to win 15 percent of the vote in Rivers State.