RAINBOW COALITION: You’re either in APC or you get out -Gov Lawal dares Wike
APC governors visiting Tinubu
BY TOSIN ADAMS
The beef between FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and APC governors, may well get messier, following what appears to be a unanimous resolve by the governors to either admit him into APC or let him go without strings attached.
This came to the fore when Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, made it categorically clear that there would be no half-way measures in terms of allegiance to APC, stating that it will not be tolerated.
“Our message is very very clear, be on one side, you can’t be on two sides. If you are in APC, please come out and support the APC, not you are supporting APC here and you are supporting some other political parties somewhere else,” he said.
Wike, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been associated with the Rainbow Coalition, a cross-party political platform aimed at mobilising support for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid.
But APC governors have distanced themselves from the coalition, with the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the umbrella body of APC governors, saying such an alliance could undermine the President’s re-election bid.
Lawal maintained that the APC governors would not change their position, regardless of Wike’s comments on the issue.
“We maintain our stand and the message is very clear. He can speak, he can say whatever he wants to say, but our position has been very clear, APC all the way from head to toe,” he said.
The Zamfara governor also said he would discuss Wike’s political position with President Tinubu when the President returns from his working vacation in France.
“It’s something I will discuss with the President when he comes back. Let there be a clear line where this guy belongs to. It’s either he is in APC or he is out, simple. So I go with my brothers, the governors.”
Wike, however, has reaffirmed his support for Tinubu’s re-election, saying securing victory for the President in the 2027 presidential election remains his major political priority.
The FCT Minister made the declaration on Monday in Abuja while speaking with journalists after inspecting ongoing road projects across the Federal Capital Territory.
