{
  "id": 7771916,
  "title": "2027: Tinubu will defeat Atiku, Obi, even if they unite to run – Fayose",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/2027-tinubu-will-defeat-atiku-obi-even-if-they-unite-to-run-fayose",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:15:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/910067-2027-tinubu-will-defeat-atiku-obi-even-if-they-unite-to-run-fayose.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Ekiti State Governor, Fayose, has stated that he believes Tinubu will defeat Atiku and Obi in the 2027 election, even if they were to run together. According to Fayose, if Atiku and Obi were to contest separately, the opposition would face an even greater challenge as their votes would be divided.\n\nIn a related development, there have been concerns about the political influence of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who currently works for President Bola Tinubu. Some governors under the All Progressives Congress have expressed worry about Wike ahead of the 2027 election.\n\nA journalist, Rufai Oseni, has questioned Wike's political popularity, citing his inability to defeat former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2022 presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party. Oseni also raised questions about the circumstances surrounding Wike's victory in the 2019 Rivers State governorship election.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "2027: Why didn’t you defeat Atiku in PDP primary – Rufai Oseni to Wike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/2027-why-didnt-you-defeat-atiku-in-pdp-primary-rufai-oseni-to-wike",
        "published": "2026-09-16T09:01:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}