Fubara backs Tinubu’s second term, endorses Wike’s rainbow coalition

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has publicly declared his support for the Rainbow Coalition, endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in office, and thrown his weight behind Kingsley Chinda as his preferred governorship candidate in Rivers State.

Fubara made the declaration on Wednesday during the groundbreaking and foundation-laying ceremony of the Rivien Medical Industry project in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.

The governor’s remarks, captured in a video that has since circulated on social media, signal a major political realignment ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Declaring that peace had returned to Rivers State, Fubara urged his supporters to align themselves with the Rainbow Coalition, a cross-party political alliance comprising loyalists of the All Progressives Congress (APC), factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and other political groups backing President Tinubu.

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He said: “We have made peace in the state and I am supporting our rainbow party, our rainbow coalition. President Ahmed Tinubu is our president, and O.K. Chinda is the governorship candidate that I am supporting and anybody who believes in me will support every candidate that is under the rainbow. For those of you who are saying Fubara let’s stay, we want to collect something before we run, there is nothing to collect o. I am already in the family. I have gone back to our family, so wherever you are, give your total support to that coalition.”

Fubara’s declaration comes months after he withdrew from the All Progressives Congress governorship primaries in May 2026, saying his decision followed extensive consultations and deep personal reflection.