By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA

Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, has explained that he could not have served as Director General of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 campaign because he is not a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and would also not risk losing his home state the way previous campaign chairmen did.

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Wike spoke on Saturday after inspecting the Apo-Karshi road and the Kubwa-Bwari road in Abuja, recounting a string of past campaign DGs who worked to deliver the presidency for their candidates only to lose their own states in the process, with some losing bit he their states and the presidency.

The Presidency, on Saturday, announced the composition of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, naming a former Governor of Zamfara state, Senator Abdulaziz Yari as director general.