Support Tinubu in 2027, Yari urges Northerners - Punch Newspapers
The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Abdul’aziz Yari, has called for more support from the Northern region for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid. Yari said the move was necessitated owing to Tinubu’s support for former President, Late Muhammadu Buhari, who stayed in office for two terms, from 2015 to 2023. He stated this on Monday when he led a delegation to the palace of the Oba of Lagos, Oba Riliwanu Akiolu, in Lagos. Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State, noted that despite facing pressure within the party from some “power-mongering bloc” to run for the presidency in 2019, Tinubu held to his word by pushing for the late Katsina-born president. This, he said, was enough reason to garner votes from the North for Tinubu’s re-election. “For us in the north, I think it is time for us to pay Tinubu back for allowing the north to complete its full term. I remember there was a struggle by some power-mongering bloc within the APC that tried to convince Tinubu to contest the presidential election in 2019. He resisted the pressure and said it was the turn of the North. “Tinubu said as long as Buhari can come out and ask people to vote for him, he would be with Buhari till the end. And that was what Tinubu truly did. Adamawa speaker denies plans to dump APC 2027: Atiku’s aide says Nigerians will decide as Oba of Lagos backs Tinubu Ransom economy: How kidnappers turn northern families’ pain into profit “Today, I don’t think there is an excuse for us from the northern region not to support Tinubu to continue the good job he started and complete his tenure. “The message from northern Nigeria, where I came from, is that there is nothing to worry about. There are still people of high calibre and character who believe in justice and fairness. We are going to do our best to ensure that Tinubu’s journey continues to the end. He can count on us,” the campaign DG said. Yari said Tinubu has restructured the country despite inheriting a challenging situation from previous administrations. The senator representing Zamfara West said the campaign council was not seeking Tinubu’s re-election solely for power rotation, but because it believed Nigerians wanted him to continue in office. In his remarks, the Lagos monarch affirmed his support for the President, saying, “One important thing that I know very well is that for the next four or five years, there is no vacancy in Aso Rock.” On August 22, 2026, Tinubu constituted the APC’s campaign council ahead of the 2027 general election. He appointed Yari as the council’s DG, while Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State was named the Secretary. Olayiwola Ajisafe Ajisafe is a multimedia journalist and digital copy editor with over four years experience
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