Nyesom Wike

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Turaki, has rejected any support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, faulting Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over his reported call for PDP candidates to back the President.

Two firms have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Jordan Nyesom-Wike, son of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over an alleged $2.1 million land transaction.

Wike led a delegation comprising members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, including the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, and chairmen of the 23 local government councils, to the meeting with Fubara and his supporters at the governor's private residence in Port Harcourt.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Monday, formally assumed a frontline role in President Bola Tinubu’s emerging 2027 re-election machinery, declaring himself coordinator of the President’s campaign in the FCT and Rivers State.

The affected officers are now participating in the rescheduled promotion examination following Wike's approval after appeals by the workers and organised labour groups over the disruption that denied them the opportunity to complete the exercise last year.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has disclosed how the late National Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South South, Chief Daniel Orbih, resisted intense political pressure and financial inducements to support his emergence as Governor of Rivers State in 2015.

Efforts to consolidate the political reconciliation in Rivers State received another boost on Tuesday as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, APC governorship candidate Kingsley Chinda and their supporters met Governor Siminalayi Fubara and members of his political camp in Port Harcourt.

Jordan, a lawyer, made the denial while being cross-examined by counsel to the claimants, Hamza Dantani, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja.

Wike made the declaration while receiving members of the Association of Apo Mechanic Village, who visited him in Abuja to seek the intervention of the FCT Administration over the proposed relocation of their workshops.

The declaration comes amid fresh political realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections, particularly over the cross-party “Rainbow Coalition” being promoted by Wike to mobilise support for President Tinubu’s re-election.