2027: Join APC if you want to back Tinubu, Zamfara gov tells Wike

Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal has urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to either join the All Progressives Congress (APC) or abandon the Rainbow Coalition, a cross-party platform through which Wike is supporting Tinubu's re-election while allowing other parties to field candidates in other elections.

Lawal emphasized that APC governors cannot support Wike's position of being in two sides, and he will discuss the matter with President Tinubu when he returns. The dispute centers on Wike's Rainbow Coalition, which the minister claims is not an endorsement of APC candidates in other elections, but the APC governors maintain that any arrangement weakening the party ahead of the 2027 elections is unacceptable.

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