Tinubu 2027: South-East APC wades in Wike, Progressive Governors clash
by Adenle Ahmed Abiola · The Eagle OnlineThe leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-East has thrown its weight behind the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), demanding full party support for all APC candidates, from the Presidency to state Houses of Assembly, in the 2027 general elections.
This was contained in a joint statement signed by the APC National Vice Chairman (South-East), Dr Ijeomah Arodiogbu, alongside the party chairmen of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states.
The leaders argued that the PGF’s position was crucial to securing a comprehensive victory for the party in 2027.
They also condemn recent attacks by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on PGF members, calling the remarks “most unfortunate, reprehensible and completely unacceptable.”
The South-East APC leaders noted that Wike’s targets were governors who had delivered significant development in their states and secured more than 25 per cent of the presidential vote there in 2023.
“Progressive Governors are not abstract politicians; they are performing leaders whose records speak for themselves,” they insisted.
Beyond condemning the attacks, the statement accused Wike of actively working to influence the political fortunes of sitting APC governors ahead of 2027, arguing that no minister holds authority over elected governors.
“It is more troubling that Wike’s growing tendency to insult, diminish and plot to remove sitting Progressive Governors in 2027 is increasing each day,” the leaders said.
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They further demanded that he withdraw his attacks and return to “party discipline, mutual respect and collective responsibility.”
The South-East leaders also rejected what they termed the “rainbow (chameleon) coalition” taking shape in the region, vowing that the APC would resist any attempt to undermine its structures there.
“We in the South East stand solidly with all Progressive Governors and candidates of our party at all levels in the forthcoming 2027 elections,” they said, declaring the APC “bigger than any individual” and rallying members behind its candidates from President Bola Tinubu down to the State Houses of Assembly.
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