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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.
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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