Nigeria, June 27 -- Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has rejected claims that President Bola Tinubu handed over political control of Ebonyi State to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, ahead of the 2027 governorship election in the state.

Mr Nwifuru, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), spoke on 15 June during a stakeholders' rally in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.

The rally, broadcast live on TVC News, was organised to endorse the re-election of the governor and President Tinubu in the 2027 election.

Speaking at the rally, Mr Nwifuru said some of Mr Wike's unnamed allies have been peddling claims that Mr Tinubu has handed over Ebonyi to the FCT minister and his faction of the ...