Minister of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared he will never support Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma for President of the Senate in 2027, accusing the governor of using his position to advance his personal political ambitions
Wike made the declaration on TVC News’ Journalists’ Hangout on Monday, amid the escalating dispute between him and APC governors over his Rainbow Coalition ahead of the 2027 elections.
The FCT minister, who said some politicians who had lost out in the APC’s nomination process had found alternative platforms to contest the 2027 elections, said Uzodinma knew that such candidates could ultimately refuse to support his Senate presidency ambition.
“Now, the other people who they have removed and not given ticket have found an alternative to run. And he knows that if they run and they win, it means that they are not going to support him to be the Senate President and that knowing fully well that they are running under Wike’s support of PDP, they will not support them.
“Of course, life or death, I will never support Hope Uzodinma to become the Senate President of Nigeria. Everybody knows that. Nobody should ask me questions about it, it is not personal,” Wike said.
He was reacting to the political dispute surrounding the Rainbow Coalition, which has increasingly brought him into direct confrontation with Uzodinma, the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, PGF.
Wike accused Uzodinma of creating an internal political problem and lacking the capacity to resolve it.
“You cause internal problem for yourself and you do not have the capacity to solve the problem and all you do is to resort to blackmail,” he said.
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