{
  "id": 11581440,
  "title": "2027: Akume, Wike Rally North-central, Rivers Support for Tinubu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/2027-akume-wike-rally-north-central-rivers-support-for-tinubu",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T02:11:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/03/2027-akume-wike-rally-north-central-rivers-support-for-tinubu/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nigerian Senators George Akume and Nyesom Wike have been mobilising support from the North-central region and Rivers State for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's re-election in the 2027 presidential election. Akume, the Grand Patron of the North Central Grassroots Mobilisation Network, and Wike visited Abuja and Obio-Akpor Local Government in Rivers State to bolster their campaign efforts. They held a strategic meeting with the APC's National Chairman, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, and other stakeholders to discuss plans for the upcoming election.\n\nThe North-central Grassroots Mobilisation Network aims to deliver a three-pronged campaign strategy: the North Central Grand Rally in Lafia, a medical outreach programme, and North Central Grassroots Advocacy Tour and Town Hall Meetings across all 19 senatorial districts in the six North-central states, including the FCT. The medical outreach will provide services like eye screening, glaucoma checks, and diabetic eye screenings.\n\nThe network's chairman, Sonny Echono, emphasized the importance of the North-central region in the 2027 election, urging political actors to approach the initiative with unity and conviction. Wike, at a meeting in Akpor Kingdom, reaffirmed his commitment to Tinubu and Rivers State, vowing to resign if the President loses both FCT and his home state. He stressed that politics is about the collective interest of the people rather than individual grudges.",
  "summary": "Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume and Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, have mobilised stakeholders from the North",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "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."
}