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APC South-East Leaders Back Governors, Reject Nyesom Wike’s ‘Rainbow Coalition’
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The South-East All Progressives Congress (APC), has endorsed the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) position, calling for all APC candidates to receive the party’s support in the 2027 general election.
The PGF recently declared that it would not participate in, support or endorse any alliance or political arrangement capable of undermining the re-election of President Bola Tinubu or weakening the ruling party or adversely affecting any candidate of the party at all levels in the 2027 general election.
The forum made the declaration against the Rainbow Coalition led by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Wike is supporting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidates in the 2027 elections in Imo State, while he was also supporting Senator Saliu Mustapha who is contesting Kwara central Senatorial election against AbdulRazaq.
Mustapha, a former member of APC left party after he was denied the Kwara central Senatorial ticket in favour of the governor, which forced him to defect to the PDP to re-contest in 2027.
APC National Vice Chairman (South-East), Dr Ijeomah Arodiogbu, and the party chairmen in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States stated this in a statement jointly signed on Thursday.
The South-East APC leaders condemned the recent attacks by Wike on members of the PGF, describing the remarks as “most unfortunate, reprehensible and completely unacceptable.”
They said: “Wike’s criticisms were directed at governors who had delivered significant development in their respective states and secured more than 25 per cent of the presidential votes in their states in the 2023 election.
“Progressive Governors are not abstract politicians; they are performing leaders whose records speak for themselves,” adding that the governors were independent elected leaders who should be treated with respect.
