War Without End: Why Tinubu Must Step into the Wike–APC Governors’ Battle

THISDAYLIVE | 27-09-2026 04:02am |

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and a member of the opposition PDP, has been in a public dispute with APC governors over the Rainbow Coalition, a political vehicle he says aims to support President Tinubu's 2027 re-election. APC governors view the coalition as a threat to their control of party machinery in their states. Wike has called some governors politically lazy, while the Progressive Governors' Forum has refused to support any arrangement that could weaken its candidates. Both sides claim to want the same outcome, but the disagreement has intensified.

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