Atiku To Win 22 States In 2027, Okonkwo Projects
Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, has projected that the former vice president will win all 19 states in the northern region and three states in the Southwest in the 2027 presidential election. Okonkwo made the prediction during an interview on AIT’s Democracy Today programme on Monday while assessing the chances of major contenders ahead of the election. According to him, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), on whose platform Atiku is expected to contest, has already secured significant support across the North. He said the opposition party’s growing appeal was being driven by dissatisfaction with the economic situation under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, citing the minimum wage and rising petrol prices as examples of the pressures confronting Nigerians. “The 19 states of the North have fallen for ADC. Settled,” Okonkwo said, arguing that workers were struggling to cope with the rising cost of living despite the current minimum wage.
Okonkwo also predicted that Atiku would secure significant support in the South-South, particularly because of the region’s expected connection to the former vice president’s running mate. He said the opposition could win more than two states in the region while securing at least 25 per cent of the vote across the South-South states. In the Southwest, he projected victories in Osun, Ondo and Ogun, citing what he described as internal crises within the APC in Ondo and Ogun as factors that could favour the opposition. Okonkwo further claimed that President Tinubu was not as popular in Lagos as widely perceived. His projections come ahead of the 2027 presidential election, with political parties and potential candidates already intensifying efforts to build nationwide support and consolidate their respective political bases.
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