2027 Election: Fubara, 1 Other Governor Told to Resign from PDP, "Renewed Hope"

• The South South zone of the APC urged Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa, and suspended Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara, to dump the opposition PDP and pitch their tent with the ruling party
• The ruling APC caucus in the South South geo-political zone adopted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as its sole candidate for the forthcoming 2027 presidential election
• Legit.ng gathered on Sunday, July 6, 2025, that the South South APC solidly threw its weight behind all its governors in the zone as the party’s candidates in the 2027 governorship elections

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering politics, elections, and governance in Nigeria.

Benin, the Edo state - Ahead of the 2027 election, stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the south-south have endorsed President Bola Tinubu and three governors of the zone.

As reported on Sunday, July 6, by The Cable, the stakeholders announced the resolution after a meeting in Benin, the Edo state capital.

The Nation also noted the development.

The meeting was attended by Godswill Akpabio, senate president; Adams Oshiomhole, senator representing Edo north; Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation; and others.

In a communique signed by Keyamo, the APC south-south stakeholders passed a vote of confidence on President Tinubu and four governors.

The governors are:

1. Bassey Otu, governor of Cross River (APC)
2. Monday Okpebholo, governor of Edo (APC)
3. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom (APC)
4. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta (APC

APC sends message to Diri, Fubara

The stakeholders urged the two remaining south-south governors — Douye Diri of Bayelsa and Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers — who are not APC members, to join the ruling party.

Furthermore, the stakeholders commended Tinubu for signing into law the South-South Development Commission Act and executing infrastructural projects in the zone.

The communique reads:

“We welcome the governors, stakeholders, and supporters of Delta and Akwa Ibom States for their patriotic and courageous decisions of embracing the Renewed Hope Agenda and joining the All Progressives Congress.

“We call on the remaining two non-APC Governors of the region, namely Governors of Bayelsa and Rivers states, and their supporters to also join the progressive family in the APC."

It added:

“We hereby unanimously adopt Mr. President, HE, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, as our sole candidate for the 2027 Presidential Election and fervently appeal to the electorate in the South South region and Nigeria to support him."

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Fubara: Wike coy on details of peace deal

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, declared that he would not disclose details of the recent truce brokered between him and Fubara, saying that the most important thing is that peace has returned to the state.

The ex-Rivers governor said that rather than disclose details of the peace deal, he would instead allow people to speculate.

Wike stressed that what is important is that peace has returned, adding that "whatever thing anybody says is not my business.”

Source: Legit.ng