2027: ‘Rivers People Are Not Political Slaves’ – Atiku Fires Back At Wike 

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has responded to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, over a prediction about the 2027 election.

Naija News reports that Wike vowed that Atiku would not secure more than 10 per cent of the total votes cast in the 2027 presidential election in Rivers State.

However, Atiku, in a statement through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, said Rivers State people are not slaves but intelligent enough to decide the outcome of elections in the state.

Atiku stated that no individual, regardless of influence or access to federal power, can dictate how an entire state will vote, stressing that it was both amusing and disturbing that Wike now speaks as though Rivers voters are his personal property to be allocated at will.

According to the former Vice President, Wike’s comments expose the growing panic within President Bola Tinubu’s camp over the emergence of a formidable opposition coalition under the ADC.

Atiku emphasised that Nigerians are more concerned about the soaring cost of living, worsening insecurity, and economic hardship than the political predictions of Wike, who appears to have abandoned governance for perpetual electioneering.

He said, “Rivers vote are not your property. The people of Rivers State are not political slaves. They are intelligent, independent-minded Nigerians who will make their choices based on the realities confronting them and the future they desire for their children.

“No individual, regardless of influence or access to federal power, can dictate how an entire state will vote.”