Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and National Leader of the Rainbow Coalition, Nyesom Wike, has cautioned the individuals of Rivers State towards surrendering their political future to “gamblers” with out imaginative and prescient or confirmed developmental data.
Speaking throughout a Rainbow Coalition city corridor assembly at Ayama in Abua/Odual native authorities space of Rivers State, Wike rallied assist for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid, declaring that management requires concrete motion and foresight reasonably than perpetual political trial and error.
He emphasised that the Rainbow Coalition represents a broad alignment designed to safe a decisive victory within the upcoming 2027 common elections.
Addressing a crowded gathering of conventional leaders, get together devoted, and neighborhood stakeholders, Wike warned towards politicians who deal with presidential contests like video games of probability.
“Don’t belief your future to political gamblers. Don’t belief your future to ‘kalokalo’ individuals,” Wike charged the cheering crowd.
He described political gamblers as individuals who maintain contesting for the presidency each 4 years, hoping to get better what they misplaced, with none real imaginative and prescient for the nation.
Targeting opposition figures, the FCT Minister singled out former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his Vice Presidential candidate, Mr Rotimi Amaechi beneath the African Democratic Congress (ADC), together with the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi as political gamblers and “Kalokalo” individuals.
“These persons are political gamblers and you can not give your future to “kalokalo” individuals; you can not hand over your future to political gamblers.
“Give a destiny to somebody who we know, who has tried all this, and he has done it,” he stated.
Noting that repeated presidential runs with no clear governance plan supply no actual options to Nigeria’s challenges.
Drawing comparisons to worldwide political figures, Wike argued that whereas leaders like Abraham Lincoln ran a number of occasions pushed by a transparent nationwide imaginative and prescient, Atiku continues to run purely out of political behavior and need to recoup his investments.
Defending his document in Rivers State, Wike reminded the individuals of Abua/Odual that challenge supply—not political rhetoric—ought to dictate their electoral decisions.
He challenged Amaechi to indicate his contributions to the native authorities space, pointing to his administration’s initiatives within the space.
The minister praised President Tinubu’s administration for stabilizing vital nationwide sectors and restoring industrial concord in tertiary establishments, calling on Abua-Odual residents to stay steadfast with the present administration heading into 2027.
He urged residents of Abua/Odual to vote Tinubu President, Chinda for governor, Mr Felix Obua for Rivers West Senatorial District, and Solomon Boss for Abua-Odual-Ahoada East Federal Constituency, all beneath the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Wike additionally requested the individuals to vote for Mr John Iderima, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Abua-Odual state constituency..
Mr Kinsley Chinda, APC governorship candidate in Rivers State counseled Wike for shifting from neighborhood to neighborhood, mobilising assist for Tinubu and different candidates beneath the rainbow coalition.
“This is a system that we’ll maintain once we come into authorities. We have learnt from him, and we are going to proceed.
“It will be a bottom-up approach; the people will decide and determine their fate in government,” Chinda stated.
Earlier, Prof. Continue Eketu, who spoke on behalf of Abua-Odual communities, described WIke as his idol and reeled out initiatives executed within the LGA throughout his tenure as governor.
Praising Wike’s management fashion, Eketu stated, ”we now have determined and agreed to vote massively for all candidates of the rainbow coalition”.
