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00:00:53Many thanks for joining us on
00:00:55of TBC News, this uh as political momentum builds ahead
00:00:58of the 2027 general election. "the city
00:01:01in boys the movement
00:01:01is calling for a complete shift from politics of violence. this call
00:01:05was made by the
00:01:06of national coordinator
00:01:07of the group toast and sugar a town hall meeting organized by the group in
00:01:11adokiti where the state executive council
00:01:14of the group was also
00:01:15inaugurated has details in this
00:01:19report.
00:01:24this town all engagement is organized by the city boys movement ekiti
00:01:28state.
00:01:29it is also the official inauguration
00:01:31of the state executive council
00:01:33of of of the group.
00:01:38of addressing delegate here, the national coordinator
00:01:41of of the movement declared that real political strength lies in peaceful persuasion rather than
00:01:45cohesion. he revealed that the group is
00:01:49of actively building a grassroot network designed to deliver a massive
00:01:5310 million votes for President Tinubu across the country in
00:01:57of 2027. the president has given us an opportunity through his to be part of his
00:02:01of government, so we must take advantage of that opportunity and ride on it and make
00:02:05sure we are involved in the government of president, leaders
00:02:09of the group ekiti emphasized that deep grassroot mobilization
00:02:13of must be rooted in civic dialogue and continuous community
00:02:18in engagement. target of city boy movement from day one is
00:02:22to get the undecided to get those that were not
00:02:2518 in the last election that have turned 18 and also
00:02:30to capture those that don't come
00:02:33in out of for election, break into their means and bring a lot
00:02:36of them into our set so that this can
00:02:40bring out vote for
00:02:42in ashiwaju. of the conversation at the town hall also centered heavily
00:02:46on the power of youth vote. key players at the event
00:02:49urged young people ekiti state to recognize the various
00:02:53youth focused policies and empowerment
00:02:56of programs introduced by the current administration. state has
00:03:00of increased in no small measure, the resources that are
00:03:04crew
00:03:05of to the uh subnational government, particularly ekity
00:03:08state, and I'm proud to stand here to say that
00:03:11the ekity state
00:03:13of is of benefiting very seriously more than ever before
00:03:16in history of this country. There is no
00:03:18in time that I have seen a government think
00:03:21a about what nfund is doing for all
00:03:24of of you, from the town halls to the streets
00:03:27of of hadoekikit, the message from this... Cityboy
00:03:30movement is very clear, sustaining the
00:03:34gains
00:03:35of the reforms of president's first time in
00:03:38office requires the support of every
00:03:42equity
00:03:42resident,
00:03:48tvc
00:03:49news, still talking party politics, the political battle ahead
00:03:52of the 2027 presidential election is taking a new turn with
00:03:55competing powers centers around president Bolatinobo's re-election
00:03:59bead governor. elected on the platform
00:04:01of the progressive congress are moving to consolidate the ruling parties
00:04:04campaign machineries, while the minister
00:04:07of the federal capital territory insists that is support for
00:04:11president does not extend to APC candidates contesting
00:04:14under elective positions.
00:04:16a senior reporter Abidar examines the competing interest to what
00:04:20political calculation means ahead of this particular
00:04:23election will assume full
00:04:27leadership the disagreement between governors and federal
00:04:31capital territory
00:04:32of minister Yasom Wike has exposed one
00:04:35of the most complex contradictions surrounding President Bolatinu's
00:04:392027 re-election bead. At the center
00:04:43of the contest are three emerging power blocks. The presidency's
00:04:46expanding crossparty coalition,
00:04:49of APC governors determined to protect the ruling party's entire
00:04:53electoral structure and the Wikiled political network
00:04:57seeking to support President Tinubu without. surrendering its
00:05:01influence in other elections, only one leading candidate
00:05:04and have told people this
00:05:08will be the easiest election, why
00:05:11did i say so? i'm still. also because you have no opposition,
00:05:14opposition is not barely because parties
00:05:17have - you presented their
00:05:21candidates, no, no, no opposition
00:05:24is united to say really we want to remove this government
00:05:28in power. hopefudima speaking as chairman the progressive
00:05:32governors forum has drawn clear political line,
00:05:36APC governors will support President Tinubu, but they will also
00:05:40defend every candidate contestant. on the parties platform
00:05:44from governorship and national assembly seats to state
00:05:47legislatures. the argument is straight forward, no
00:05:51political arrangement should strengthen the president at the top
00:05:55while weakening the party beneath him. the forum
00:05:58unanimously resolved, the east members will not
00:06:02participate in support or
00:06:05endorse any alliance or political
00:06:08arrangement capable of undermining the reelection of Mr. the
00:06:12president, weakening the APC or
00:06:16adversely affecting any candidate the party at
00:06:20all level, in other words, the forum have no intention
00:06:23to support any candidate any level that is not
00:06:27an APC candidate, because the elections and our
00:06:31candidates are standing election as being sponsored
00:06:35by our party, so all of us can work together, yes, some weekak
00:06:39response is equally direct is political, Agreement he says
00:06:43is with President Chinubu, not necessarily with the
00:06:46APC. Wike insists he never promise that the
00:06:50PDP would surrender governorship, Senate, House of
00:06:53Representatives or State Assembly contest simply because it
00:06:57supports President's reelection, and there in lies the
00:07:01fundamental contradiction. What Wick appears to be
00:07:05constructing is a presidential coalition operating
00:07:08above traditional party boundaries. It's so-called.
00:07:12coalition could persuade members the PDP and other
00:07:16opposition parties to vote for President Tinubu while
00:07:19returning to their respective parties for the remaining
00:07:22elections. We know what it is. For President
00:07:26Tinubu, the political attraction is obvious. Wike
00:07:30and other opposition figures could deliver their votes in
00:07:34areas where the APC formal structure may be weak,
00:07:38expand in the president electoral reach beyond the ruling party's
00:07:41traditional.
00:07:49Wike however point to the 2023 general election when
00:07:53Nigerian voters demonstrated that they could split their ballots
00:07:57supporting one party
00:07:58in the presidential contest and another in the legislative or
00:08:01governorship elections, but the disagreement raises even
00:08:05deeper question about the character of Nigerian
00:08:09politics, wike remains influential PDP
00:08:13serves as a minister an APC led federal government and
00:08:16openly supports an APC president, we should be
00:08:20able to be consistent in what you say to our people,
00:08:24we should
00:08:25that what leadership is all about, leadership
00:08:27is not you coming, you say one thing in the morning, in the afternoon you
00:08:31say different thing, in the night we are talking of different thing, that is
00:08:35not it, this is therefore less of a formal
00:08:38APCPDP alliance and more
00:08:40of a coalition of political interest. built around one presidential
00:08:44candidate. President Tinubu benefits from widening his support
00:08:48base beyond the APC. Wick benefits from
00:08:52retaining an independent political structure strong enough to
00:08:55negotiate with the ruling party. APC governors
00:08:59meanwile benefit only if the president re-election also
00:09:03consolidates their control of states and strengthen the APC
00:09:07across every level of government. How that delicate balance
00:09:11is managed could deter. not only President Tinubu's prospect in
00:09:152027, but also whether the APC emerges from
00:09:19the elections stronger or deeply divided. both the
00:09:23APC governors and yesome Wike say they support the
00:09:26president, but the real question is much more consequential.
00:09:30If President Tinubu wins 2027, who controls
00:09:34the political architecture underneath him, the APC
00:09:38establishment or the brother coalition that helped elect
00:09:41him. That struggle may become one the
00:09:45defining political contest on the road to
00:09:482027. Habida Lawal, TVC
00:09:52news, Abuja. And for more on this particular development,
00:09:56PDP chairman by state George Torna Johns me on the
00:09:59news, this are, what do you make the national
00:10:03rainbow coalition ahead of this particular
00:10:06election?
00:10:15Jchon, are you
00:10:15there?
00:10:22hello, are you there, are you there? yeah, can you, can you? Yeah, thank you so much
00:10:26for joining us on the news - this - what do you make
00:10:29the national rainbow coalition, I have ahead of this
00:10:33particular election, yeah, thank you very much, and
00:10:37good afternoon, fellow Nigerians, it's good to be here
00:10:40again, the national rainbow coalition is a political
00:10:44structure, as are today, one the
00:10:48biggest, the largest
00:10:51and the most solid...
00:10:55political structure in this country founded by his
00:10:59excellency minister the
00:11:01FCC
00:11:05and
00:11:06at this time the rainbow national rainbow
00:11:09coalition is a
00:11:13multi-party based
00:11:17coalition that
00:11:19embraces uh candidates
00:11:22across party lines. uh
00:11:25you can a way say it's uh
00:11:29back end of what would have been independent
00:11:33candidates, assuming our our constitution allows
00:11:37that, so the coalition goes you know
00:11:40looks out for credible uh
00:11:43candidates
00:11:45uh fielded already by their various political
00:11:49parties
00:11:50you know and then give support all in the
00:11:54overall interest the people of
00:11:57Nigeria, at the end the day is to deliver credible
00:12:01leadership across board, so that
00:12:04is the, you know, the
00:12:08basic foundation of the
00:12:11rainbow coalition, minister the wiki
00:12:15has been speaking to concerning his support for
00:12:19president, and
00:12:22also what do you make of this one? for the fact that it's
00:12:25still in the PDP and you have candidate in the PDP at
00:12:29the moment. Okay, yeah, so that is how coalition works
00:12:33and that is why the rainbow is a coalition, uh,
00:12:37people come together uh, to
00:12:41promote and support a common
00:12:44interest. If you observe, some
00:12:47opposition parties, uh, already meeting
00:12:51and walking towards a possible.
00:12:56uh single opposition presidential candidate, yeah,
00:13:00so it doesn't mean that there are no presidential candidates in
00:13:04all the parties, but if they are able to agree a coalition to have
00:13:08one, then they all channel their support, so the PDP as a
00:13:12presidential candidate, but at this
00:13:15time the rainbow coalition, which also involves the
00:13:19PDP as you one the parties
00:13:23in the rainbow. have reached
00:13:26that decision to support President
00:13:30Tinibu for second time and so all of us in the
00:13:34rainbow are aligned you know to
00:13:38that decision and very willing to
00:13:42work towards it. in 2011 you
00:13:45recall the current president was national
00:13:49leader the ACN
00:13:52and despite that the ACN has the presidential
00:13:55candidate the time the person of new rivard
00:13:59if recall
00:14:01you know the the president at that time
00:14:05through some understanding like this gave a
00:14:08support and indeed that of ACN and all the you
00:14:12know structures that he control to the PDP
00:14:16and we won that election you know and the results were
00:14:20very obvious from the west where he had a strong a
00:14:24strong base so it's is normal and
00:14:27uh it's
00:14:27not anything uh that is uh
00:14:31strange in politics, so the rainbow national rainbow
00:14:34coalition adopted
00:14:37president tinibu as a preferred
00:14:41candidate and we are all going to
00:14:43support the minister has been
00:14:47speaking to of especially in delivering river state and also
00:14:51the FCT for the president ahead of this election, how come
00:14:55confident are you uh based on what transpired in the
00:14:58FCT in 2023, do you see him uh
00:15:02delivering this mandate in this
00:15:04election? well the minister is
00:15:08uh
00:15:09the minister of fct is
00:15:11just you know being uh a
00:15:14bit humble, it's
00:15:18not about rivers
00:15:20and and f city, the minister through the rainbow coalition is
00:15:24actually going to deliver in all 36 states and the
00:15:27fct and like I said the rainbow is the
00:15:31biggest bco structure today and let's take the
00:15:35PDP alone for instance we which is national
00:15:38leader, the PDP has you know a
00:15:41strong base across
00:15:44the all the words and units that make
00:15:48up the 774 local governments in Nigeria and as at
00:15:52today the PDP affield candidates for all
00:15:55elections from governorship to national assembly to state
00:15:58assembly you know and presidency
00:16:02as well so now that the national leader and the
00:16:06minister is national the PDP so now that he has
00:16:10made that decision through the robo coalition so you can
00:16:13imagine the level of support that the the the
00:16:17PDP the rainbow using the PDP platform alone first
00:16:21will give to the president across the country
00:16:25now the Mr. President handlers need
00:16:28to to listen
00:16:30you know and uh some these analysis that we are
00:16:34making in 2015 I tell you for free
00:16:37what finished us as PDP was the
00:16:41reliance soly on you
00:16:45know a single structure to deliver a present candidate
00:16:49which is a governor you know so in fact the only alternate
00:16:53structure we had in 2015 was
00:16:57the GDI the grassroot development initiative funded
00:17:01by the FC minister and it was limited to river state and that was
00:17:05the only place one point something. million votes to
00:17:08the PDP at the time, so running
00:17:12a president election relying soly on the
00:17:16APC governors, it's not a good strategy, just moment, if
00:17:20you can just answer this in one minute, what will be your advice
00:17:24to politicians like you to campaign in
00:17:27this election with uh issues, not
00:17:31violence, what do you advise them? yes, of
00:17:34course, you win elections ' through strategies,
00:17:38if you strategize effectively and you do your mobilizations
00:17:42properly and you're able to cross
00:17:44you know it is and d the eyes you win uh violence has
00:17:48no place in our electoral process
00:17:51anymore uh there are no ballot boxes to to
00:17:54snatch - we have moved beyond those uh
00:17:58uh analog pattern of elections so you
00:18:02mobilize the people you campaign on the strength of what you have done if
00:18:06you incubent. and then if you are coming at fresh you campaign on
00:18:10the ideas and the manifesto that you're bringing on
00:18:13board uh what you do for the people, the essence
00:18:17is to better the lots the people at all stages of
00:18:21election and all levels of leadership,
00:18:24you know, so my advice really would be that look we
00:18:27stay issues, you know nigeria comes
00:18:30first, interest to move this country forward uh should
00:18:34be paramount and it comes above every other. personal or
00:18:38private considerations, you know, and that is the
00:18:42essence the rainbow coalition, going out to
00:18:45fish for credible
00:18:48candidates who have the interest the people a heart in
00:18:52respective of whatever political parties they come from, so if labor
00:18:56party have feeled a credible candidate somewhere and
00:19:00we mean they we feel that that candidate means well for the
00:19:04people the particular state or Nigeria or whatever.
00:19:08we go for that candidate and that is the whole
00:19:10essence when some people
00:19:14try to it's amazing me mean
00:19:17and we have had formal governors a formal governor
00:19:21came out to say that in 2015 his body was
00:19:25with jonathan but his spirit in actually was with it's a fine
00:19:29place to leave it should not take chances it's a fine place to it thank you
00:19:33so much to traveling a solo thank you
00:19:37so much for joining us for campaign on TBC News
00:19:40our PDP chairman in b states George
00:19:44Torna thank you so much for joining us on the news thank you
00:19:47always a pleasure all right
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