Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has said leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) instructed members in states across the country to back President Bola Tinubu, TheCable reports. The remark was carried in TheCable's reporting on Tuesday, 27 October 2026.
Wike's statement places him at the centre of an intensifying political realignment in Rivers State. According to Punch Newspapers, the state's All Progressives Congress and PDP candidates have been named in what is described as Wike's 2027 Rainbow Coalition.
The governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has restated his support for Tinubu and for the Wike-led coalition, Channels Television reports. Separately, Voice of Nigeria reported that the FCT minister credited the president with laying the groundwork for the country's prosperity.
The PDP's national leadership, however, is pushing back. Tribune Online reports that the party insists it will proceed with launching its Presidential Campaign Council and says Wike is working for Tinubu rather than directing the party's affairs.
The competing accounts leave the PDP's internal position unclear: Wike describes national figures steering members toward the president, while the party's own officials deny he has any say over its direction. Neither side's claim has been independently verified in the reporting summarised here.
What to watch next is whether the PDP's national leadership responds directly to Wike's claim, and how the party's planned campaign council launch proceeds amid the dispute.
