Nyesom Wike has charged members of the newly inaugurated Rivers State APC/Rainbow Coalition Presidential Campaign Council to mobilise at least five voters daily as part of efforts to secure three million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election.

Wike gave the directive on Thursday in Port Harcourt, where he inaugurated the over 700-member campaign council. He said the mobilisation exercise would cover communities, markets, family gatherings and age-grade meetings across the state rather than depend on conventional political rallies, according to Leadership Newspaper.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory said campaign structures would also be established in all 23 local government areas of Rivers State within one week, with additional responsibilities assigned to supporters through various subcommittees.

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, endorsed the mobilisation drive, declaring his commitment to the coalition, which brings together political supporters from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP).

Fubara said the new alliance had a broader political base than the structure that secured victory in the 2023 general election and expressed confidence that it could produce a better result for Tinubu.

“We will come out decisively with a stronger vote than what we did in 2023,” the governor said, while urging members to avoid double-dealing and demonstrate genuine loyalty to the coalition.

Wike, who coordinates the Tinubu campaign council, maintained that members must actively engage voters and communicate the achievements of the President’s administration rather than allow opposition criticisms to distract them.

The council’s Director of Administration, Ambassador Desmond Akawor, said its mobilisation teams were ready to reach the state’s 6,866 polling units to canvass support for Tinubu’s re-election.