I’ll Support Any Coalition Backing Tinubu- Akwa Ibom Governor

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has declared support for the Rainbow Coalition led by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, saying he will back any group working for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.

Eno stated this during a media chat on Saturday, where he said the coalition’s name did not matter to him as long as its main objective was to secure another term for Tinubu.

“That Rainbow Coalition is simply saying that we support President Tinubu as the President,” he said.

“If I will join and be a member of any coalition — whether it is rainbow, call it any name. Any coalition that the central point is supporting the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I am for it.”

The governor also described the relationship between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom as cordial.

Eno, who defected from the PDP to the APC in June 2025 and is seeking re-election on the ruling party’s platform, said both parties had reached an understanding to support Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and his own second-term ambition in the 2027 general elections.

“I will work with all of them, and I think we are good on the ground in Akwa Ibom when it comes to PDP-APC relationship,” he said.

“We have agreed on the fact that we are supporting the President, we are supporting the Senate President, we are supporting the governor, and we have our clear understanding about those things.”

The Rainbow Coalition, spearheaded by Wike, is aimed at mobilising support for Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.

However, the group has faced opposition from some APC leaders.

In October 2026, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma said the Rainbow Coalition had no presence in his state.

Speaking during the distribution of campaign vehicles under the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement in Imo, Uzodimma said the APC would win the 2027 elections through its own supporters.

He maintained that the APC was the only recognised political party in the state and urged residents to vote for its candidates at all levels.

Similarly, Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal challenged Wike to clarify his political position, insisting that he could not support the APC and other political parties at the same time.

“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,” Lawal said.

He made the remarks during an interview with Channels Television’s Inside Sources on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York in October.