Governors elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) have distanced themselves from any political coalition or alliance with any individual ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The decision of the governors, under the aegis of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), is widely seen as a response to the Rainbow Coalition led by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.
Chairman of the APC Governors Forum and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, announced the position of the “progressive governors” at the end of their meeting in Abuja late Monday night.
He declared that the governors had not entered into any formal agreement with any individual or opposition party ahead of the election, maintaining that they remain committed to the APC and its political structure.
Uzodimma, who read the communique at the end of the meeting, said the forum’s primary focus was to support official APC candidates at all levels rather than promote external interests.
He said, “The APC Governors Forum unanimously resolved that its members will not participate in, support or endorse any alliance or political arrangement capable of undermining the re-election of Mr President, weakening the APC or adversely affecting any candidate of the party at all levels.”
“In other words, the forum has no intention to support any candidate at any level that is not an APC candidate because our candidates who are contesting the election are being sponsored by our party.”
“The governors’ campaign commitment is exclusively to all APC candidates. All levels of the party campaign architecture will align with the expectations of Mr President and the strategic objectives of the party.”
It will be recalled that Wike, who is the national leader of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and serving minister in the APC-led Federal Government, has been championing a Rainbow Coalition movement in Rivers State in support of President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 elections.
In the build-up to the next elections, Wike has been embroiled in disagreements with some APC governors.
Speaking in his recent media chat, the minister disclosed that Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, and Uzodimma were allegedly behind his political challenges.
Wike said the plot against him was because of the growing national spread of his Rainbow Coalition, which he said was providing the PDP with a platform for politicians seeking to challenge the ruling party’s governorship and senatorial candidates in the next election, contrary to the governors’ interests.
