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2027: I can bet you Tinubu will win- Wike challenges El-Rufai

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Sep 01, 2025

The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesome Wike said the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, goofed on his calculation on how President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would lose the 2027 presidential election.
He disclosed this during his Monday media chat.

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His reaction come as El-Rufai recently predicted that Tinubu would come third in the 2027 presidential election.

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However, Wike said that El-Rufai's mathematics is flawed and wrong.

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Wike said he would agree to a bet with El-Rufai that Tinubu would secure re-election in 2027.

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"Elrufai is my friend, but he failed in this mathematics. He goofed; since he knows Tinubu will come third, he should also provide who will be first and second. I will place a bet if El-Rufai agrees, if Tinubu doesn't win the 2027 election securely.ÔÇØ

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