2027: Rivers Rainbow Coalition Candidates Emerge Tomorrow

The Rainbow Coalition will on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, unveil its preferred candidates for the 2027 general election in Rivers State.

The coalition, founded by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, is made up of prominent members of the Action Alliance (AA), the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The unveiling ceremony, according to reports on electronic media, is expected to kick off by 10:00am at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt.

Speaking to LEADERSHIP on Sunday, the coalition’s spokesman, Hon. Chibike Ikenga, said the event was aimed at mobilizing more support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the election.

“What you will continue to see is that the amalgam that is called Rainbow Coalition is coming publicly to show the endorsement of the candidates across those parties that have become part of Rainbow Coalition for unity, progress, peaceful and credible election in Rivers State.

“That is what we are trying to do. We will ask our supporters to vote for them beginning from President Bola Tinubu down to the House of Assembly members.

“Opposition in Rivers State has become withered; they don’t have the number, they are very few and very minimal in number of persons.

“It is what it is that they have to come to join us, if they are interested to join the larger house in Rivers State, who have come under the Rainbow Coalition to pursue good governance, pursue good development, pursue inclusion and pursue development in Rivers State,” Ikenga said.