The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that Rivers State does not need a governor to mobilise support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 election.

Wike, who said this on Saturday during the inauguration of the headquarters of the ‘Renewed Hope Ambassadors’, added that Tinubu’s supporters have all it takes to be on their own.

The FCT minister lauded the coordinator of Rivers’ Renewed Hope Ambassadors, Desmond Akawor, for the work done, noting that they are all working for the president.

“Let me sincerely thank the coordinator of Renewed Hope Ambassadors in Rivers State, Desmond Akawor, who has shown enough capacity to mobilise our people who have moved to all the nooks and crannies of Rivers to talk about Tinubu for president in 2027.

“I have said before that Rivers state is a no-go area, and I want to repeat that this place is totally for Tinubu.

“Mr coordinator, you have mobilised and made sure that the 23 local governments and zonal coordinators were inaugurated; that day, Nigerians all over the world watched that Rivers state is a no-go area.

“Today, you have also invited us to commission some vehicles that the headquarters of the Secretariat will use and to commission the Secretariat itself; this is the first of its kind in any part of the country.

“I challenge anybody; let them come to Rivers state and learn. Our commitment is not by mouth, our commitment is not by newspaper; our commitment is by showing that, yes indeed, we are working for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“We don’t need to have a governor to mobilise for Mr President; we don’t need it. We have all it takes to be on our own. There is no governor amongst us here. We have senators, assembly people, council chairmen, national assembly members, and party chairmen of APC and PDP.

“We have mobilised ourselves to make a commitment. If you say you are supporting somebody, there is no need for the person to bring his resources; you have to make a commitment, and this is what our leaders have done,” Wike said.