2027: South East APC Leaders Back Governors Over Campaign For Party’s Candidates

The All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership in the South-East, has endorsed the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) position calling for all APC candidates to receive the party’s support in the 2027 general elections.

The position was contained in a joint statement signed by the APC National Vice Chairman (South-East), Dr Ijeomah Arodiogbu, and the party chairmen in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states.

The South-East APC leaders said the PGF’s call for support for candidates from the Presidency down to the state Houses of Assembly was necessary to secure a comprehensive victory for the party in 2027.

They also condemned recent attacks by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on members of the PGF, describing the remarks as “most unfortunate, reprehensible and completely unacceptable.”

According to the leaders, Wike’s criticisms were directed at governors who had delivered significant development in their respective states and secured more than 25 per cent of the presidential votes in their states in the 2023 election.

“Progressive Governors are not abstract politicians; they are performing leaders whose records speak for themselves,” the statement said, adding that the governors were independent elected leaders who should be treated with respect.

The APC South-East leadership further accused Wike of seeking to influence the political fortunes of sitting APC governors ahead of the 2027 elections, arguing that no minister should assume authority over elected governors.

“It is more troubling that Wike’s growing tendency to insult, diminish and plot to remove sitting Progressive Governors in 2027 is increasing each day,” the statement said.

The leaders called on the FCT Minister to withdraw his attacks on the governors and return to “party discipline, mutual respect and collective responsibility.”

They also rejected what they described as the “rainbow (chameleon) coalition” in the South-East, warning that the APC would resist any attempt to undermine its structures in the region.

“We in the South East stand solidly with all Progressive Governors and candidates of our party at all levels in the forthcoming 2027 elections,” the statement said.

The leaders declared that the APC was “bigger than any individual” and urged members to support the party’s candidates from President Bola Tinubu to the State Houses of Assembly in the 2027 elections.