Wike affirms membership of PDP; recuses self from running in 2027; says Tinubu will win 2027 presidential election

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has reiterated that he remains a member of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The Minister made this remark while speaking at his monthly media chat with journalists in Abuja.

Wike while reacting to the local government elections in Rivers State which he earlier described as peaceful, free and fair, said as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, he delivered his local government area fully to the party.

He added that nothing more can show his commitment to his party than the delivery of his local government council during the just concluded Local Government Election in the State.

On the decision to zone the 2027 Presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party to Southern Nigeria, he added that he is a man of integrity and will not be contesting the 2027 Presidential Election.

Wike used the forum of the media chart to dismiss El-Rufai’s calculations as fundamentally flawed.

“I can place a bet with confidence that President Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election,” the FCT minister stated.

He also questioned El-Rufai’s projection, asking, “I heard someone say Mr. President will come third in 2027. I don’t know the maths he used. But my concern is, if he (Tinubu) will come third, who will come first and second?”

Recall El-Rufai, in an interview with Channels Television the previous day, had painted a grim picture for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 presidential election.

“Tinubu will be third in the 2027 election. I have done my maths, and I can tell you Tinubu has no pathway to win. The worst-case scenario is that there will not be any winner in the first ballot,” the former governor had said.