Adeleke Is Supporting Mr President in Nigeria

Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has announced the emergence of a massive Rainbow Coalition, a multi-party political alliance aligned behind President Bola Tinubu's 2027 re-election bid. Speaking to journalists in Abuja after inspecting ongoing projects, Wike addressed recent high-level political realignments, including Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke's visit to his residence on Thursday. Wike explained that the late-night meeting with Adeleke aimed at consolidating political forces across party lines, noting that key figures were setting aside partisan affiliations to back Tinubu.

Wike expressed zero sympathy for political rivals, saying, "If they are having high blood pressure, yes, that is my job to make them have high blood pressure. So, I don't care; whatever they feel is not my business. I don't want them to feel well.

It's not my wish that they should feel well. My business is to make them feel unwell all day. "Adeleke was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but because of internal wrangling and for him to be able to secure a ticket to run for a second term, he had to find a platform, and that platform happened to be the Accord Party, Wike said.

"What happened last night was a meeting to rebuild a larger Rainbow Coalition. Adeleke is supporting Mr President. He's in a different party, I'm supporting Mr President, I'm in a different party.

"In the next few weeks, watch what is going to happen. You will see the emergence of a larger Rainbow Coalition in this country supporting Mr President, the minister said. He explained that the coalition, which he initiated, brings together political actors from different party platforms in Rivers and is currently being extended nationwide to align strategies ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Dismissing opposition figures who claimed influence over the recent electoral outcome in Osun, Wike asserted that those attempting to "harvest where they never planted" had been left with nothing. The minister took direct aim at leading opposition figures, including Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and PDP chieftain Dele Momodu, arguing that internal crises had rendered opposition platforms powerless. "That's why I said this election is concluded before it even begins, and there's nothing anybody can do about it, he said.

"When you say 'leading opposition, I've told you that there's no opposition in this country. Ordinarily, it should have been PDP, but because of the crisis, we're not. You can't see a formidable party that you will call the leading opposition party. You see, when you are having a contest with somebody, your business is not to make him feel well.