{
  "id": 9496094,
  "title": "2027: Wike plots to stop Atiku, Obi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/2027-wike-plots-to-stop-atiku-obi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T05:32:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/2027-wike-plots-to-stop-atiku-obi/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has unveiled a clandestine political plan to thwart former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi in the upcoming 2027 elections. During a tour of infrastructure projects in Abuja, Wike remained tight-lipped about the strategy but addressed recent controversies surrounding the 2023 presidential election. He clarified that the PDP's \"G5\" faction, of which Wike was a prominent member, aimed at Atiku, not Obi, in 2023. According to Wike, the G5 devised a cunning tactic to divert votes from Atiku in the South-South region, a stronghold of the party. He explained that if voters in the South-South had supported Obi strictly on party lines, Atiku would have emerged victorious. Wike dismissed allegations of rigging or manipulating election results in Rivers State, stating that no credible evidence was presented to the election tribunal to support claims of victory for the Labour Party. He emphasized that every political party employs secretive tactics while strategizing for elections. Wike downplayed Peter Obi's political influence, asserting that his perceived strength stemmed primarily from social media rather than actual voter support. He explained that when strategizing to win an election, one must consider various factors, including identifying the most significant threat and devising a plan to minimize that threat's vote.",
  "summary": "Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has revealed that a fresh political strategy is already being engineered to counter former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking after a tour of infrastructure projects across the nation’s capital, Wike who did not […]",
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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."
}