Yari: North Has No Excuse Not to Support Tinubu in 2027
Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, has urged political stakeholders and voters in northern Nigeria to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, arguing that the president stood by former President Muhammadu Buhari when power was due to remain in the North. Yari made the call on Monday when he led members of the campaign council to the palace of the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, in Lagos. The former Zamfara State governor recalled that Tinubu resisted pressure to contest the 2019 presidential election against Buhari, insisting that it was the North’s turn to lead the country. According to Yari, Tinubu remained committed to supporting Buhari’s second-term bid and should now receive similar support from northern political stakeholders. He said, “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.” Yari argued that there was therefore no justification for northern stakeholders to withhold their support for Tinubu in 2027, saying they should allow him to continue with what he described as the good work of his administration.
Yari also assured Tinubu of continued support from political leaders in the North who, he said, believe in justice and fairness, adding that they would work to ensure the president’s political journey continues. The senator representing Zamfara West defended the Tinubu administration, saying the president had restructured the country despite inheriting a difficult situation from previous administrations. He also argued that the campaign council was not seeking Tinubu’s re-election solely on the basis of power rotation, but because it believed Nigerians wanted him to remain in office. Earlier, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu received the campaign council delegation before accompanying its members to the palace of the Oba of Lagos. Sanwo-Olu said the council’s engagement with traditional rulers demonstrated the importance of traditional institutions in promoting peace, unity and national development.
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