A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Princewill Dike, has called on President Bola Tinubu to appoint the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, as Director-General of his Presidential Campaign Council.
Dike, a Port Harcourt-based legal practitioner, made the call while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday.
He expressed confidence that Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, has the capacity to campaign and ensure victory for Tinubu in the 2027 general elections.
He emphasised that the FCT minister had, even as a governor, demonstrated political ingenuity in displacing his opponents, declaring that as Director-General of the PCC, Tinubu’s re-election is guaranteed.
Dike, an associate of the FCT minister, boasted that with Wike as Tinubu’s campaign Director-General, other presidential candidates would not find it easy.
“I have hitherto asserted that should the political wonder boy of Rivers State, Wike, become PBAT’s re-election Presidential Campaign Council DG, his opponents would be in trouble,” he said.
He highlighted reasons Wike is most qualified to lead the APC PCC, saying, “He has a humongous political network across the wider spectrum of the federation.
“He knows how to generate campaign funds without disturbing Mr President.
“Rather than embezzle campaign funds, as is usually the case, he will even add his own money. He will even work 24 hours, criss-crossing the length and breadth of the states to achieve results.
“Wike knows the right politicians who can deliver. He is widely loved by Nigerians, particularly the youths.”
Dike continued, “Recently, he delivered the FCT Area Council election candidates to the APC. Even as a PDP member, the only one won by the PDP was under his rainbow coalition alliance. Senator Ireti Kingibe did not win even in her unit.
“He is a goal-getter with the unction of the Midas touch; anything he touches turns gold.
“It is, therefore, my fervent prayer that P-BAT should cherry-pick the star boy of his administration, Minister Wike, to be the Presidential Campaign Council DG of his re-election.”
He further said that in 2014, a renowned lawyer, Odein Ajumogobia, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said he withdrew from the 2015 governorship race in Rivers State under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party because “Wike knew politics at the tip of his fingers, as he himself knew the law at the tip of his fingers.”
He chronicled Wike’s political outings in Rivers State, including the 2015 governorship election, the 2019 elections, and the 2023 general elections.
Dike added, “In the 2023 general elections, Governor Wike (as he then was), who was a thorn in Buhari’s flesh and his administration, delivered his successor and all the elective seats in Rivers State, including Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was of an opposing political party.”
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