Onoh Urges Wike to Join APC or Withdraw as Minister

Denge Josef Onoh, the former South-East spokesman for President Bola Tinubu and Chairman of the Forum of Former Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly, has warned Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, to either join the All Progressives Congress (APC) or refrain from meddling in the party's affairs. In a statement issued in Abuja, Onoh criticized Wike's political alliance, termed the "Rainbow Coalition," as a "Trojan horse" that could weaken the APC ahead of the 2027 elections.

He argued that the coalition lacks the necessary political structure to deliver significant votes for Tinubu beyond Rivers State and dismissed comparisons to the G5 governors' alliance from the 2023 election. Onoh contended that Wike's coalition is a collection of politically irrelevant figures and criticized Wike's recent disputes with APC governors as tactics to create discord within the party.

He accused Wike of trying to influence the APC from within, similar to tactics that contributed to divisions in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).