{"id":37258,"date":"2026-09-07T16:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=37258"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:07:22","slug":"rivers-adc-tells-wike-boasting-wont-win-elections-as-2027-political-battle-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/rivers-adc-tells-wike-boasting-wont-win-elections-as-2027-political-battle-deepens\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers ADC Tells Wike \u2018Boasting Won\u2019t Win Elections\u2019 as 2027 Political Battle Deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria \u2014<\/strong> The African Democratic Congress in Rivers State has pushed back against Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike after he predicted an overwhelming defeat for former Rivers Gov. Rotimi Amaechi and other opposition candidates in the 2027 elections. State ADC Chairman Chukwudi Dimkpa said electoral victories cannot be secured through political boasts or declarations made before votes are cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wike made the remarks Saturday during a civic reception organized in his honor at Omagwa in Rivers\u2019 Ikwerre Local Government Area, telling supporters that candidates backed by his Rainbow Coalition would prevail next year. He also said Amaechi, now the ADC vice-presidential candidate, would effectively be defeated by noon on election day. \u201cElections are not won by boasts, intimidation or political strongmen,\u201d Dimkpa responded, stressing that Nigeria\u2019s electoral commission has responsibility for declaring results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ADC also criticized the timing of Wike\u2019s reception, which took place as Amaechi was burying his mother, Dame Ezinne Mary Orduah Amaechi, in nearby Ubima. Dimkpa accused organizers of creating traffic problems along the route and said political rivalries should have been set aside during the funeral. The burial drew prominent political figures, including ADC presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.openai.com\/static-rsc-4\/GKkZlhmAZ5Rl94UH_BVyw0L-uWPf24pItdzLYg4NL1TYlkFEbtv8hRg8QWa1trBT_vfj4S0SrGVqMkivt_iBlnIZhPMn9AypdE47YUxofZBBr0fqcxMAh2RGCpfKvvNvHZFQPSB_ZMesypmZFK6mdQ_aPh-_grDQT5WAgKp_oWatCHnOY6RVlorHuvcdMLRO?purpose=fullsize\" alt=\"South-south ADC Leaders Endorse Amaechi\u2019s 2027 Presidential Bid \u2013 THISDAYLIVE\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2959537572254336;width:880px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest confrontation reflects the long-running rivalry between Wike and Amaechi, two of the most influential politicians to emerge from Rivers State. Amaechi governed the state from 2007 to 2015 before serving as transportation minister under former President Muhammadu Buhari, while Wike succeeded him as governor and served from 2015 until 2023. Once political allies, the two men have spent years on opposing sides of major contests for control of the oil-producing state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dispute has intensified as Nigeria approaches the 2027 general elections. Wike has repeatedly argued that President Bola Tinubu and candidates supported by his political network will dominate Rivers, while the ADC says no politician has the authority to determine how the state will vote in advance. The opposition party has nominated former Rivers Secretary to the State Government Gabriel Pidomson as its governorship candidate, while Amaechi is running alongside Atiku on the ADC presidential ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rivers carries significance beyond its electoral numbers because it lies in Nigeria\u2019s oil-producing Niger Delta, an area central to the finances and energy output of Africa\u2019s most populous country. The state has also experienced prolonged political tensions in recent years, making the conduct of the 2027 vote closely watched by parties, businesses and civil society groups. Dimkpa urged residents to make their choices without intimidation, while Wike and his allies maintain that their political organization has the support needed to prevail at the polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria \u2014 The African Democratic Congress in Rivers State has pushed back against Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike after he predicted an overwhelming defeat for former Rivers Gov. Rotimi Amaechi and other opposition candidates in the 2027 elections. State ADC Chairman Chukwudi Dimkpa said electoral victories cannot be secured through political boasts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":37260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":" The African Democratic Congress in Rivers State has rejected Nyesom Wike\u2019s claim that Rotimi Amaechi and the opposition will be defeated in the 2027 elections, saying voters and INEC \u2014 not political declarations \u2014 will determine the outcome.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Rivers ADC Tells Wike \u2018Boasting Won\u2019t Win Elections\u2019 as 2027 Political Battle Deepens","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,3,1138],"tags":[23210,1754,11781,663,19026,40,23788,23789,3301,11875],"class_list":["post-37258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-naija-news","category-politics","tag-adc-nigeria","tag-african-democratic-congress","tag-atiku-abubakar","tag-bola-tinubu","tag-nigeria-2027-election","tag-nyesom-wike","tag-rivers-adc","tag-rivers-election-2027","tag-rivers-state-politics","tag-rotimi-amaechi"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/am.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37261,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37258\/revisions\/37261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}