By Huldah Shado
Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday hosted two governors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, following a separate meeting with a factional leader of the Labour Party (LP) earlier the same day.
The governors who visited Wike at his Abuja residence are Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State and Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State. Both Governors Oborevwori and Nwifuru are confirmed members of the APC. The visit was made public by Wike’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, who shared a photo of the meeting on Facebook, captioning it: “Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and his Ebonyi State counterpart, Francis Nwifuru, during their visit to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, in Abuja a few minutes ago.”
This meeting with the APC governors in the early hours of Thursday, July 24, 2025, closely followed Wike’s engagement with Julius Abure, the factional National Chairman of the Labour Party. Abure had characterized his visit as private, asserting his right to meet with any public office holder. The Abure-led faction of the Labour Party recently held a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja, where they ruled out any coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections, despite ongoing internal party disputes.
The series of high-profile political visits to the FCT Minister’s residence continues to underscore Wike’s significant influence and political maneuvering across party lines, even after his appointment as FCT Minister. His role as a former two-term governor of Rivers State and a prominent figure in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), despite his current federal appointment in an APC-led government, keeps him at the center of national political discourse.
