{
  "id": 10051534,
  "title": "2027: Umahi says Wike’s Rainbow Coalition not in Ebonyi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/2027-umahi-says-wikes-rainbow-coalition-not-in-ebonyi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T19:38:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/912607-2027-umahi-says-wikes-rainbow-coalition-not-in-ebonyi.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Minister of Works David Umahi has stated that there is no \"rainbow coalition\" in Ebonyi State. According to Umahi, the state remains aligned with the All Progressives Congress (APC). This statement comes amid a disagreement between Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike and some APC governors over a cross-party political platform associated with Wike.\n\nUmahi described Wike as his \"good friend and brother\" but emphasized that Wike's candidates are not part of Ebonyi State's political arrangement. He also mentioned that if Wike has candidates in the state, he has not been informed about it. Umahi's comments were made during an inspection of a highway project in Benue State and while inspecting the Abakaliki-Afikpo section of the Cross River-Ebonyi-Benue-Abuja Trans-Saharan Highway.\n\nUmahi also spoke about his past with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), claiming that he \"killed\" the party when he left it. He expressed his support for the APC and its candidates in Ebonyi State, warning that anyone trying to foment crisis in the state would be dealt with.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "2027: ‘I’m part of that mission’ – Gov Lawal clarifies position on Wike’s Rainbow Coalition",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/2027-im-part-of-that-mission-gov-lawal-clarifies-position-on-wikes",
        "published": "2026-09-26T06:29:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}