The indigenous people of Abuja under the auspices of Abuja Original Inhabitants Youths Empowerment Organisation (AOIYEO) have declared their support for the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, and pledged to mobilise support for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
The executive director of AOIYEO and supreme leader of FCT Youths, Commandant Isaac David, made the declaration in a statement Thursday while reacting to Wike’s decision to stake his ministerial position on President Tinubu’s performance in the FCT and Rivers state at the 2027 election.
Wike had Wednesday told leaders and members of the Apo Mechanics and Traders Association in Abuja that he would resign as FCT minister if Tinubu loses the presidential election in both the FCT and Rivers state.
David said the minister’s position had strengthened the resolve of indigenous youths to support Tinubu, arguing that the administration’s infrastructure projects in the FCT represented a significant intervention in communities that had allegedly suffered neglect over the years.
He said: “We will back the minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, that Tinubu will not lose the election in the FCT because posterity will not forgive us for the good things he has done to the indigenous people of the FCT through the minister, Nyesom Wike.
“So we vow to deliver Tinubu because he has done enough for us, and we have the assurance that when he comes back for a second tenure, our marginalisation will be over.”
