Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory has declared that Rivers State residents do not require a governor to rally support for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 reelection.
Speaking on Saturday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State’s capital, during the commissioning of the Rivers State Renewed Hope Ambassadors headquarters—which includes Majority FM 89.5, a situation room, office facilities, and buses—Wike praised Coordinator Desmond Akawor for his mobilization efforts. He affirmed that the state would deliver massive backing for the president.
“Desmond Akawor, you have shown enough capacity to mobilize, you have moved to all the nocks and crannies of Rivers to talk about Tinubu for President in 2027,” Wike said.
“I have said before that Rivers State is a no go area, and I want to say again that this State is totally for Tinubu. We have made sure that all the 23 local governments and zonal coordinators were inaugurated, that day Nigerians all over the world watched that Rivers State is a no go area.
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“Today, the Renewed Hope Ambassadors Coordinator has also invited us to commission some vehicles that the headquarters of the Secretariat will use and to commission the Secretariat itself, this is the first of its kind in this part of the country.
“I challenge anybody, let them come to Rivers State and learn, our commitment is not by mouth, our commitment is not by newspaper, ours is by showing, that yes indeed, we are working for the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“We don’t need to have a governor to mobilize for Mr President, we don’t need, we have all it takes to be on our own, we have senators, assembly people, council chairman, National Assembly members, party chairmen of APC and PDP, we have mobilized ourselves to make commitment, if you say you are supporting somebody, there is no need for the person to bring his resources, you have to make commitment and this is what our leaders have done.
“Let me once again thank all of you for your commitment, you are the envy of every other state and they are watching you all over the place.
“In 2023, we came out without anybody pressuring us, without anybody influencing us, we took a decision, to the glory of God that decision is what we are enjoying today, and whether anybody likes it or not, 2027 when the President has shown interest that he will run, we have no choice than to continue to support Mr President.
“Mr coordinator, you have to start preparing to inaugurate ward and unit coordinators, it is very important, we must also take it down to the units, to go and talk to our people to continue to support Mr President, go and see the situation room, go and see the radio station, we are battle ready, there is nothing we can not do because unity is strength.”
Earlier, Akawor welcomed Wike and guests, lauding the minister’s leadership for the Renewed Hope Ambassadors. Akawor noted that he had deployed personnel across all 23 Rivers local governments and described Wike’s political approach as “AI politics.”
- The Sun
