Wike admits working with APC to defeat PDP in 2024 Edo governorship election
The admission reinforces Mr Wike’s history of working across party lines to influence electoral outcomes, including his role in the 2023 presidential election, when he and four other aggrieved PDP governors refused to support their party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
Mr Tinubu, the APC candidate, won the presidential election, while Atiku finished second and Mr Obi third nationally.
The minister has promoted the coalition as a platform through which politicians from different parties can mobilise support for Mr Tinubu’s re-election without necessarily abandoning their existing party affiliations.
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