The governor of Zamfara state, Dauda Lawal, has told the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to make his political position clear over his involvement with the Rainbow Coalition, insisting that he cannot simultaneously support the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other political parties.
Wike, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been associated with the Rainbow Coalition, a cross-party political platform aimed at mobilising support for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid.
Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, Lawal said Wike must choose where his political allegiance lies.
“Our message is very very clear, be on one side, you can’t be on two sides. If you are in APC, please come out and support the APC, not you are supporting APC here and you are supporting some other political parties somewhere else. It doesn’t make sense. It’s not done anywhere.
We maintain our stand and the message is very clear. He can speak, he can say whatever he wants to say, but our position has been very clear, APC all the way from head to toe,” he said.
Asked whether the governors were effectively asking Wike to join the APC, Lawal replied, “exactly”.
“It’s something I will discuss with the President when he comes back. Let there be a clear line where this guy belongs to. It’s either he is in APC or he is out, simple. So I go with my brothers, the governors.”
