2027: PDP backs Wike’s Rainbow Coalition for Tinubu’s re-election

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said there is nothing wrong with its member and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, remaining in the party while mobilising support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid on the platform of the Rainbow Coalition.

The party led by Abdulrahman Mohammed said Mr Wike has a constitutional right to support any candidate of his choice, regardless of the political party on whose platform the candidate is contesting.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Jungudo Mohammed, said this in a statement on Tuesday while reacting to the controversy surrounding the Rainbow Coalition being promoted by Mr Wike to mobilise support for Mr Tinubu’s second-term bid.

“Wike has every constitutional and democratic right to decide whom he supports politically.

“Wike’s support for President Tinubu is legitimate, and as a serving appointee of the president, there is nothing contradictory about supporting the president while maintaining his political identity and relationships within the PDP,” Mr Mohammed said.