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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke belongs to the political camp supporting President Bola Tinubu, saying the emerging alliance will reshape the 2027 election.
Wike spoke on Friday in Abuja while inspecting ongoing projects in the FCT, where he said Adeleke’s recent meeting with Tinubu and himself was part of efforts to strengthen the “Rainbow Coalition” backing the President.
He said, “When you say opposition, I have told you, I don’t know what you call opposition. I say there is no opposition now.
“Adeleke is only a member of the PDP, but because of the 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 happens to be a good party, but he is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP.
“And what happened last night is a meeting to review the Rainbow Coalition and he is supporting Mr President. It is a different party. I am supporting Mr President. I am in a different party. So, it is a Rainbow Coalition. I told you that the 2027 election would be the easiest election.”
Wike dismissed claims by ADC supporters that their backing helped Adeleke win the Osun election, saying, “I am not I am sorry all those African Democratic Congress (ADC) people who are talking about, ‘Oh, they helped Adeleke to win,’ you have seen that they just wanted to harvest what they never planted.”
He added, “So, Adeleke is fully supporting Mr President and so we had to meet last night and encourage ourselves to continue. In the next few weeks, watch what is going to happen. You will see the Rainbow Coalition in this country supporting Mr President.
“So, that was what happened last night. You will see more and that is why I said this election will be concluded before it starts. So, there is nothing anybody can do. Sorry, Adeleke belongs to us and we all belong to Mr President.”
Reacting to concerns about how opposition figures, including Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, viewed his political engagements with Adeleke, Wike said his priority was defeating his opponents.
“I have told you, when you say we are leading opposition, I have told you there is no opposition. What do you have? People who are just trying to see whether they can be relevant.
“Who is the opposition leader now? Obviously, it would have been PDP, but because of the crisis we have had, and so you can’t see a formidable party that you will call the leading opposition party.
“So, I don’t care; whatever they feel is not my business. I don’t want them to feel well. It is not my wish that they should feel well. My business is to make them not to feel well all the day, because they will be having high blood pressure. I guess that is my job to make them have high blood pressure.”
He said, “I am not here to make them do well. No, no, no. You see, when you are having a contest with somebody, your business is not to make him feel well. Your business is to make sure that you beat him thoroughly and he will be sick all through.
“And that is what we are doing to them. So, we have to be patient. It does not give me any headache. Everybody knows now how they feel. I will add more crisis for them. So, that’s my position.”
Wike also inspected the IBB International Golf Club, which is undergoing rehabilitation, and said the facility was expected to reopen in December after work is completed in November.
He said the club would have to generate enough revenue to fund its operations after reopening rather than depend on government funding.
