Wike's 2027 Chessboard: Rainbow Coalition Rises as the Power Broker Faces Pushback

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has openly confirmed that a fresh political strategy is being engineered to counter both Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking in Abuja, Wike also revealed — for the first time publicly — that the 2023 "G5" rebellion within the PDP was a deliberate vote-splitting operation aimed squarely at Atiku, not Obi. "Our strategy was that you vote for Obi to win, in order to deny Atiku the votes," Wike said,...