Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has set a target of three million votes for President Bola Tinubu in Rivers State ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Wike announced the target during the inauguration of the Rivers State APC/Rainbow Coalition Presidential Campaign Council in Port Harcourt.
He urged members of the more than 700-member council to focus on grassroots mobilisation rather than conventional political rallies.
The minister directed each member to identify and mobilise at least five voters daily, saying the campaign would engage residents through markets, family gatherings and community meetings.
Wike also announced plans to inaugurate campaign councils in all local government areas of Rivers State within one week.
Governor Siminalayi Fubara reaffirmed his support for the coalition, describing its new structure as broader and better organised than the campaign machinery that secured Tinubu’s victory in 2023.
However, he warned members against secretly working against the alliance while publicly declaring their support.
The Rainbow Coalition brings together political supporters from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP).
Campaign administration director, Ambassador Desmond Akawor, said the mobilisation effort would cover all 6,866 polling units in Rivers State.
The coalition’s three-million-vote target sets an ambitious benchmark for Tinubu’s re-election campaign in the oil-producing state.
