A chieftain of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Datti Baba-Ahmed, says former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, will defeat President Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi in a free, fair and credible election.

Featuring in an interview on Symfoni TV,  Baba-Ahmed described Duke as one of the most qualified political figures in the country.

According to him, Nigerians have not fully appreciated the depth of his national appeal and leadership credentials.

DAILY POST reports that Duke recently emerged as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP.

“In a free and fair election in Nigeria, Donald Duke is the winner,” Baba-Ahmed declared.

He also argued that many Nigerians underestimated Peter Obi before the 2023 election, warning that a similar mistake could be made regarding Duke’s prospects.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has addressed those claiming that the court has dismissed his chosen candidate for the Rivers State governorship election, urging them to wait until the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) releases its list of candidates in July.

A court in Rivers State had reinstated leadership Beke and declared all nominations from the recently concluded party primaries in the state as null and void.

The primaries had resulted in Kingsley Chinda, a Wike ally, being selected as the governorship candidate, following the withdrawal of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

Additionally, other associates of the Minister also emerged as candidates for the APC in the upcoming 2027 National Assembly and State Assembly elections.

DAILY POST reported that Justice Elfreida Oluwayemisi Williams-Dawodu of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, upheld the Rivers State High Court’s decision on Friday, which nullified the Congresses that led to Chief Tony Okocha’s appointment as chairman of the APC in the state.

While discussing political matters in his home state, particularly regarding the dismissal of candidates in the Rivers State rainbow coalition by Mr. Emeke Bekee, the Minister remarked that Bekee lacked proper understanding of the issues at hand and advised him to wait patiently for INEC to announce its list of nominated party candidates before making any assumptions.

“In July, the candidates of the parties will be published by INEC. Let us wait till July. We are tired of hearing from people who have lost out”, the Minister said.

On the teachers’ protest over the abductions in Oyo State, Barr Wike expressed his concern over the abduction of citizens regardless of their professions or where they were located in the country; he, however, reiterated his position that there was no need to politicize the Oyo State abduction as was being done in some quarters.