The FCT minister, who coordinates the APC presidential campaign in the capital, promised logistics to PDP members who campaign for Tinubu. The PDP's interim leadership said true party members will not support the ruling party.
Every state's governorship history in one place: who has governed since 1999, which states vote off-cycle, how a governor is elected, and where the 2027 races stand after the wave of defections to the APC.
President Tinubu faces Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Seyi Makinde and 14 others on 16 January 2027. Here is who they are, how they won their tickets and who is running with them.
Rivers has produced some of Nigeria's largest declared vote totals, a governor installed by the Supreme Court without standing in an election, and in 2025 a six-month state of emergency.
Muhammadu Buhari beat Atiku Abubakar by more than 3.9 million votes in an election delayed by a week, just hours before polls were due to open.
