Tinubu Storms Port Harcourt As Fubara Promises 3 Million Votes

Port Harcourt stood still on Saturday, November 7, 2026, as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Rivers State for the Rainbow Coalition Presidential Campaign Rally.

According to Donjoe Media, Tinubu landed at the Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo International Airport, Port Harcourt, where he was received by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, six South-South governors, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, and other senior government officials.

The rally was held at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, along Airport Road, Port Harcourt. It was Tinubu’s first visit to Rivers State since he was sworn in as President in May 2023.

From the airport to the stadium, the road was full. Supporters wearing different colours lined up to welcome the President, while traffic slowed down for several hours.

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, pledged to mobilise at least three million votes for President Tinubu in the 2027 elections. https://punchng.com/2027-fubara-backs-rainbow-coalition-promises-tinubu-three-million-votes/

Fubara made the pledge at the rally, declaring that the state would deliver candidates fielded by the APC-PDP Rainbow Coalition.

He said the mobilisation would be coordinated under the leadership of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who is leading the Rainbow Coalition in Rivers.

“Under the guidance and leadership of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, we will deliver not less than three million votes for you,” the governor told the President.

The crowd cheered loudly as he spoke. Many supporters raised their hands and chanted the name of the coalition.

Wike, who is the coordinator of the presidential campaign council in Rivers, said the people of Rivers have resolved to vote for Tinubu in the January 2027 presidential election.

He described the turnout at the stadium as evidence of the state’s support for Tinubu’s re-election bid. Wike had earlier projected that more than 70,000 Rivers residents would turn out to welcome Tinubu.

He cited the completion of the Bonny-Bodo road, the establishment of the Federal University of Environment in Ogoniland, and at least 47 political appointments given to Rivers indigenes as reasons for the support.

Addressing supporters, Tinubu urged them to use their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to vote for what he described as the progressive development of the Nigerian economy.

“The weapon you have against poverty is to elect progressive development of our economy. That is what I am pursuing,” Tinubu said.

He also told Nigerian youths that the outcome of the 2027 elections would have a direct impact on their future.

“To the youths of Nigeria, I am looking at you. This election is about you, it’s not on me. Your future depends on this election.”

Away from the stadium, the pro-Tinubu grassroots machine was also on full display in Port Harcourt.

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The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (P-BAT) Door-to-Door Movement 2027 said it had inaugurated 75,526 executives to man the 6,866 polling units in the state.

The State Coordinator, Dr Kingsley Ogu, disclosed this in Port Harcourt during the unveiling of the group’s state secretariat.

He described Rivers as a strategic state, noting that it has more than 3.7 million registered voters, 6,866 polling units, 319 wards and 23 local government areas.

“We have inaugurated 75,526 executives across the polling units in the state. They will be there on election day to ensure that the elections go properly,” Ogu said.

Also, members of the City Boy Movement converged on Port Harcourt for the Rainbow Coalition Presidential Rally in support of Tinubu and Shettima’s 2027 re-election bid.

On Friday, more than 80 campaign buses representing APC and PDP structures from the state’s 23 local government areas staged a roadshow through Port Harcourt to the stadium.

The Rainbow Coalition is a cross-party political alliance led by Wike to mobilise support for Tinubu’s re-election. It is also backing selected candidates from different political parties for governorship, National Assembly and state assembly elections.

The coalition recently unveiled its preferred candidates for the 2027 elections, with Kingsley Chinda, a member of the APC, named as its governorship candidate.

The Port Harcourt rally was Tinubu’s third major campaign outing since the APC commenced mobilisation for his re-election with a flag-off rally in Kaduna last month.

By Jonadab Oluikpe
Published by Donjoe Media