2027: Rainbow Coalition Sweeps Through Imo as APC, ADC, APP Candidates, Top Leaders Conclude Talks to Join Alliance

2027: Rainbow Coalition Sweeps Through Imo as APC, ADC, APP Candidates, Top Leaders Conclude Talks to Join Alliance

 

The growing wave of the Rainbow Coalition sweeping through Imo State has reached a new height, as some candidates and influential political leaders from the All Progressives Congress (APC), African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Action Peoples Party (APP) are set to join the coalition after concluding talks with its leadership in the State.

 

Information has it that the prospective entrants, comprising candidates for the State House of Assembly, House of Representatives and Senate, recently held a meeting with the PDP National Secretary and leader of the Rainbow Coalition in Imo State, Distinguished Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu, in Owerri, where final arrangements for their integration into the coalition were discussed.

 

A source familiar with the development disclosed that the politicians would, in due course, make public declarations of their political positions before being formally received at a special Rainbow Coalition event, the date and venue of which are yet to be announced.

 

The latest development indicates shifting political dynamics in Imo State, where alignments and realignments ahead of the 2027 elections have been intensified with political actors increasingly gravitating towards platforms they believe offer better prospects for their ambitions.

 

The Rainbow Coalition, particularly, appears to be consolidating its presence across the State, with a series of developments in recent weeks pointing to an expanding political reach. Less than two weeks ago, former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, publicly declared his readiness to mobilise support for the coalition following a High Court judgement affirming him as the APC candidate for Imo West Senatorial District.

 

In a related development, hundreds of members of the ADC and Action Democratic Party (ADP) in Okigwe Senatorial District reportedly defected to the PDP and declared their support for the Rainbow Coalition on Sunday, November 8, 2026. The defectors were formally received during the PDP’s grand campaign flag-off in Okigwe Zone at Orie Agu, Ehime Mbano.

 

These successive developments have further strengthened the perception of the Rainbow Coalition as a formidable political platform with growing influence and the potential to reshape the political equation in Imo State ahead of the next general elections.

 

Providing an insight into the motivations behind the latest political realignments, an APC stalwart, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the coalition offered an avenue for him to pursue his political aspirations without necessarily undermining the political interests of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

 

He stated: “If you consider the configuration of the coalition, it is not against the interest of President Tinubu and so it is not primarily against my party. But when you look at what has happened in our party, the APC, in Imo State, how candidates were selected and how most of us were sidelined, we have no other option than to identify with any group whose objectives align with our interests.

 

“You can agree with me that, in many cases, our ambitions were based on principles and special political arrangements at various constituencies. All of that was neglected. We were invited to contests, but were never allowed to compete or have a say. We woke up one morning and saw candidates who were unknown to us and the people imposed on us. That’s not politics,” he lamented.

 

The APC chieftain further revealed that interest in the coalition cuts across different levels of the party’s political structure in Imo State, including serving government appointees, former appointees and influential party leaders. He, however, suggested that many of those involved were still exercising caution over making their positions public, adding that their participation would become more evident as the 2027 elections draw closer.

 

“You know some of them are not openly associated with it, but they are fully part of and working with the Rainbow Coalition,” he explained.

 

The growing political activities surrounding the coalition come amid recent declarations by its leader in Imo State, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, who has repeatedly expressed confidence in the alliance’s expanding appeal and its capacity to attract influential political figures across party lines.

 

Speaking at Orie Agu, Ehime Mbano, on Sunday, and subsequently at Ikeduru on Monday, during the inauguration of the campaign council of Hon. Uche Ogbuagu, the PDP candidate for the House of Representatives, Anyanwu emphatically declared that the Rainbow Coalition had firmly established itself in Imo State and was poised to attract an unprecedented wave of political support.

 

“Rainbow Coalition is fully in Imo State, and I am the leader of the coalition. Not long from now, you will see the wave of support the coalition will attract. It will shock many people, as political heavyweights are aligning with us,” he declared.

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