2027: No opposition against Tinubu’s re-election — APC national chairman

…says PDP, Accord, APGA have endorsed ruling party candidate 

…we will restrict ourselves to Tinubu’s achievements- Yari

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has declared that the coast is clear for incumbent President and APC Presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to secure a fresh mandate in January 2027.

Yilwatda premised his conviction on endorsement of the APC Presidential candidate by the leadership of the Accord Party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance and the People’s Democratic Party.

He  made the declaration on Tuesday after a meeting with President Tinubu.

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The APC national chairman who was silent on the strength of the African Democratic Congress Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the Nigeria Democratic Congress candidate, Peter Obi identified  the PDP and APGA as formidable  parties.

He said:”If you look at what the party is doing now, the oppositions are with us. All political parties that have defeated us in any election are all with us; PDP is with us, APGA is with us, Accord Party with us. These are the only political parties that have defeated us, except APM, and they are all with us in this campaign.

“It shows that the entire Nigerian political cycle is Mr. President, and that’s what we’re doing now to ensure that we prepare for this grand flag off in Kaduna”, he declared.

Ahead Saturday flag off of his party Presidential Campaigns, the APC national chairman told State House correspondents that all structures of the party have been fully mobilised for the rally scheduled for Kaduna state.

“We’ll flag-off the campaign on Saturday, 24th of October, and as you can see, we’re together with the DG to brief Mr. President on the preparation for the flag off.

“For now, everything is set; the preparation is on, the members are motivated, the states, the committees are ready, and everything that is supposed to be done has been done.”

Also speaking with journalists, the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari,  who accompanied Professor  Yilwatda to the meeting to discuss preparations for the Saturday rally with President Tinubu, said the party campaign team will restrict itself to the achievements of President Tinubu and avoid trading insults with opposition parties.

“As a Council, what we say we are going to do? We are going to do a campaign with the records. A responsible campaign, no insults, no calling of names because there’s no name before us, but we have a record before us to show to Nigerians.”

“This is what our party did, this what our government did, so because of that, we are asking, pleading Nigerians to look at this record carefully so that they give us a second chance for continuity.”