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REVEALED: Wike Set To Dump PDP For APC Ahead Of 2027 Elections
Strong indications have emerged that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is preparing to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, has remained one of the most influential figures in national politics since his appointment as FCT Minister by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2023. His appointment followed his open support for Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election, despite being a senior member of the PDP at the time.
Fresh information gathered by POLITICS NIGERIA suggests that his planned move to the APC will not be immediate. It is expected to happen closer to the 2027 elections and will involve a large political realignment across Rivers State and other parts of the country. A close political associate of the minister disclosed that Wike’s defection would come with a massive turnout of loyalists and supporters.
According to him, “and all of his allies within and outside Rivers state will join him in the APC. It will be a carnival kind of event. The event will be big and colourful”. The ally explained that the timing of the defection is strategic. He said Wike intends to wait until the next election season approaches before making his move.
He added that, “Wike’s planned defection will be close to the 2027 general election.” The source further claimed that the ruling APC is positioning itself to attract more influential politicians ahead of 2027 in order to weaken opposition parties.
He said this strategy would ensure that “other political parties will only have weak presidential candidates in 2027 who will not pose any serious challenge to Bola Tinubu”. Speaking further, the ally insisted that Wike’s entire political structure would move with him.
In his words, “the minister will end up in the APC with all of us who are his loyalists both in Rivers state and other parts of the country. But that will not be now. He will delay it till it gets close to the time of the election. By that time, PDP must have been thoroughly weakened and cannot challenge President Tinubu”.
He also spoke on the internal crisis within the PDP and pointed to growing rivalry among its leading figures. According to him, governors Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and Seyi Makinde of Oyo State are both interested in the party’s presidential ticket. He said this ambition could further divide the party.
“This is what will bring further crisis to the party because Seyi will not concede the ticket to Bala Mohammed,” he stated. He also claimed that Wike and Makinde have maintained a long political relationship. He alleged that Wike played a role in the release of N50 billion to Oyo State following a fire incident.
He said, “Seyi Makinde has been the minister’s friend for some time now. It was Wike who influenced the payment of the N50billion by the federal government when there was fire incident in Oyo state. That money was not appropriated by the Oyo state government. It was Wike that facilitated the release of the money”.
On the political crisis in Rivers State, the source addressed the impeachment moves against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu. He insisted that the process was no longer under Wike’s control.
“The whole matter is beyond the FCT Minister. The Assembly is determined more than ever before to remove the governor because he has failed in every aspect of the agreement reached,” he said. He recalled a reconciliation meeting held in Port Harcourt last year.
“I was privileged to be in the meeting called by the Minister in Port Harcourt. Fubara was invited and all of us who are allies of the minister were there. We came back together as a political family. That meeting was in September last year. Wike told Fubara to make arrangement for another meeting in October which he agreed but later reneged,” he stated. He added that the breakdown of trust followed Fubara’s failure to meet with lawmakers and address their welfare.
“It was when he refused to do those things he agreed to do like meeting with the leadership of the Assembly and paying their due allowances that Wike decided to embark on the tour of the local government areas to tell Rivers people that they were no more together,” he said. The source also revealed details surrounding the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State last year. He claimed that President Tinubu did not directly inform Wike before taking the decision.
He said, “when the state of emergency was declared in March last year, President Tinubu did not inform Wike. President called (Senator Godswill) Akpabio and informed him. The President ordered the sole administrator (Vice Admiral Etteh Ibas retired) to work with Wike”. He further alleged that the sole administrator settled outstanding issues with lawmakers.
“It was the sole administrator that paid the allowances that were owed the Assembly members. Gave them cars and paid for constituency projects. Sim has not paid them anything. He refused to implement the things he promised he would do for them,” he said. Meanwhile, the FCT Minister has repeatedly praised President Tinubu’s leadership and defended his administration’s policies, fueling speculation of his full alignment with the APC ahead of 2027.
The All Progressives Congress and its candidate, Yahaya Usman, have taken legal action to challenge the outcome of the chairmanship election held in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory.
Daily voice reports that the election took place on February 21, 2026, across 10 wards and 338 polling units.
The Independent National Electoral Commission declared Mohammed Kasim of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner after he secured 22,165 votes, while Usman polled 17,788 votes.
Not satisfied with the result, the APC and its candidate filed a petition before the election tribunal.
The case, marked FCT/ACEPT/EP/02/2026, seeks to overturn the declaration of the PDP candidate.
In the petition, the party and its candidate claimed that the election did not follow the provisions of the Electoral Act 2026.
They also alleged the presence of corrupt practices and argued that the declared winner did not obtain the highest number of valid votes.
They stated that several irregularities occurred during the election process.
According to them, results in at least six polling units across Kutunku, Ibwa, Tungan Maje, and Ikwa wards were altered. They claimed figures were changed to match the number of accredited voters and to hide cases of over-voting.
The petition also reported cases where entries on result sheets were tampered with.
It stated that cancellations and changes were made in some polling units, raising concerns about the credibility of the figures recorded.
In addition, the APC alleged that in two polling units, votes recorded for its candidate were reduced during the collation process.
The party further claimed that more than 100 polling units were affected by failure to follow electoral rules.
It also pointed to eight polling units where officials allegedly changed figures by erasing and rewriting results on official documents.
Another issue raised in the petition involved voter accreditation. The petitioners said that in 71 polling units across six wards, officials failed to properly mark voters’ details in the register as required, yet the votes from those units were still counted.
They also identified cases of over-voting in 31 polling units, where the number of votes recorded was higher than the number of accredited voters. Based on this, they argued that thousands of votes recorded for both parties in those areas should be cancelled.
After removing the disputed figures, the APC calculated that it would have 16,499 valid votes, while the PDP candidate would have 18,929 votes, leaving a difference of 2,430 votes.
The petition added that the gap between both candidates is smaller than the number of registered voters in the affected polling units. Based on this, the party argued that the result should not stand and called for the cancellation of the election outcome.
The APC and its candidate have asked the tribunal to void the result declared by the electoral body and determine who actually won the election inBREAKING: APC Drags PDP To Courts
The All Progressives Congress and its candidate, Yahaya Usman, have taken legal action to challenge the outcome of the chairmanship election held in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory.
Daily voice reports that the election took place on February 21, 2026, across 10 wards and 338 polling units.
The Independent National Electoral Commission declared Mohammed Kasim of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner after he secured 22,165 votes, while Usman polled 17,788 votes.
Not satisfied with the result, the APC and its candidate filed a petition before the election tribunal.
The case, marked FCT/ACEPT/EP/02/2026, seeks to overturn the declaration of the PDP candidate.
In the petition, the party and its candidate claimed that the election did not follow the provisions of the Electoral Act 2026.
They also alleged the presence of corrupt practices and argued that the declared winner did not obtain the highest number of valid votes.
They stated that several irregularities occurred during the election process.
According to them, results in at least six polling units across Kutunku, Ibwa, Tungan Maje, and Ikwa wards were altered. They claimed figures were changed to match the number of accredited voters and to hide cases of over-voting.
The petition also reported cases where entries on result sheets were tampered with.
It stated that cancellations and changes were made in some polling units, raising concerns about the credibility of the figures recorded.
In addition, the APC alleged that in two polling units, votes recorded for its candidate were reduced during the collation process.
The party further claimed that more than 100 polling units were affected by failure to follow electoral rules.
It also pointed to eight polling units where officials allegedly changed figures by erasing and rewriting results on official documents.
Another issue raised in the petition involved voter accreditation. The petitioners said that in 71 polling units across six wards, officials failed to properly mark voters’ details in the register as required, yet the votes from those units were still counted.
They also identified cases of over-voting in 31 polling units, where the number of votes recorded was higher than the number of accredited voters. Based on this, they argued that thousands of votes recorded for both parties in those areas should be cancelled.
After removing the disputed figures, the APC calculated that it would have 16,499 valid votes, while the PDP candidate would have 18,929 votes, leaving a difference of 2,430 votes.
The petition added that the gap between both candidates is smaller than the number of registered voters in the affected polling units. Based on this, the party argued that the result should not stand and called for the cancellation of the election outcome.
The APC and its candidate have asked the tribunal to void the result declared by the electoral body and determine who actually won the election in line with the law. line with the law.
Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele, a prominent Nigerian cleric, has warned that the country’s 2027 general elections could be declared inconclusive due to violence
If election-related furies are not properly dealt with, they could hinder the declaration of results and precipitate a constitutional crisis, explained Primate Ayodele Nigeria’s general elections will be held on January 16, 2027, to elect the president, vice president, senators, representatives, governors, and state assembly members.
As Nigerians look ahead to the 2027 elections, Primate Elijah Ayodele, founder and leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church in Oke Afa, Lagos, has prophesied that although the polls will proceed as scheduled, they will face significant challenges.
Dailyvoice.ng reports that in a prophecy shared on the church’s official Facebook page on Tuesday, March 17, the cleric described the 2027 polls as high-stakes, “a make-or-mar election” for Nigeria.
The religious leader warned that if the 2027 elections are not properly managed, they could lead to the collapse of three of the four major political parties: the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
He said:
“If care is not taken, the 2027 election will be declared inconclusive. The aura surrounding the date of the election is not good for the poll. So, the election will be full of crises.”
Primate Ayodele added:
“If the 2027 election is not managed properly, it might lead to the end of APC, PDP, and ADC. There are external forces that want to disrupt the election; they consider the election a do-or-die. That is what they plan.”
Meanwhile, Primate Ayodele prophesied that the polls will be determined by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigerian judiciary.
In a statement issued on Sunday, March 15, and signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, the cleric claimed that the voters will not have a serious impact in the election.
Ayodele stated that there will be a misinterpretation of the Electoral Act and Nigeria’s constitution regarding the conduct of the election. He warned of a post-election crisis, especially the presidential election.
Ayodele said:
“The judiciary and INEC will pay for the coming election dearly because the electoral commission will face embarrassment and humiliation. The INEC will be involved in electoral malpractices in 2027. “We will hear about hacking and internet disruption towards the election. INEC and Judiciary will conclude the election, don’t expect much from voters.”
Earlier, Dailyvoice.ng reported that Primate Ayodele issued a notable warning to Bashir Adeniyi, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), and Nwakuche Ndidi, the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).
Ayodele cautioned that both presidential appointees could be removed from office if they are not careful, claiming that the Customs chief and the NCoS head have been earmarked for dismissal by President Bola Tinubu before the end of the current administration.
A Nigerian businessman and social media personality, Isaac Fayose, has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will struggle to secure meaningful votes in Nigeria’s South-East region during the 2027 presidential election.
Fayose made the statement while reacting to the recent political mobilisation by the City Boys Movement in Imo State. The group, which is widely associated with Seyi Tinubu, had visited the state earlier in the week as part of efforts to build grassroots support for President Tinubu ahead of the next general election.
The gathering reportedly took place in Owerri and featured the presence of several public figures, including socialite and businessman Pascal Okechukwu. However, the outing quickly drew criticism online after images and videos circulated on social media suggesting a modest turnout at the event.
Reacting to the development on his Facebook page, Fayose mocked the rally and questioned the level of support the president enjoys in the South-East.
He wrote, “The city boys movement outing in Owerri Imo state yesterday was a show of shame …
Security operatives wey Dey there pass the crowd.”
The businessman went further to challenge supporters of the president, insisting that Tinubu would struggle to secure a significant share of votes from the region if the election is conducted fairly.
“I am ready to bet any of them with 10 million naira. President Tinubu won’t get 20% of the total vote cast come 2027”.
The South-East region has historically recorded low electoral support for Tinubu’s political platform. During the 2023 presidential election, voting patterns across several states in the zone showed overwhelming backing for opposition candidates.
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