Why I couldn’t have been Tinubu’s campaign DG – Wike

By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, has explained that he could not have served as Director General of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 campaign because he is not a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and would also not risk losing his home state the way previous campaign chairmen did. Read Also: Full list of APC Presidential Campaign Council members Wike spoke on Saturday after inspecting the Apo-Karshi road and the Kubwa-Bwari road in Abuja, recounting a string of past campaign DGs who worked to deliver the presidency for their candidates only to lose their own states in the process, with some losing bit he their states and the presidency. The Presidency, on Saturday, announced the composition of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, naming a former Governor of Zamfara state, Senator Abdulaziz Yari as director general.

Like Amaechi, Saraki, Tambuwal, Lalong Asked whether he would have wanted to be part of the council, Wike who had always insisted that he did not have to be part of any APC structure to give his all to the president’s reelection said; “In 2015, the Minister of Transport was the governor of Rivers State. “He was the DG of Muhammadu Buhari. Before you knew, I pulled the carpet off his feet.

“In 2019, he was Minister of Transport, he became the DG, and he lost his state too. Bukola Saraki was the DG of Atiku campaign in 2019. He was running around doing ‘Atikulated’.

“I called him, ‘Why are you doing Atikulated? In 2023, Aminu Tambuwal became DG of Atiku. “In the same 2023, Lalong was the DG of APC, the present president.

He lost his state!” The minister said he was not prepared to join that list, stressing that his focus remained on delivering the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and Rivers State rather than holding a titular campaign office. What is important is that you are able to deliver those two states. “If you are DG and you don’t win your state, what is the essence of the DG?” he queried.

Non-APC Wike also pointed to his standing outside the APC as another reason he could not have headed the council, even as he continued to work for the president’s re-election.… By Omeiza Ajayi Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, has explained that he could not have served as Director General of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 campaign because he is not a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC and would also not risk losing his home state the way previous campaign chairmen did. Wike spoke on Saturday after inspecting the Apo-Karshi road and the Kubwa-Bwari road in Abuja, recounting a string of past campaign DGs who worked to deliver the presidency for their candidates only to lose their own states in the process, with some losing both their states and the presidency.