2027: Northern Igbo group backs Tinubu, targets 2m votes

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo KADUNA — Governors from Northern states and senior members of the Federal Executive Council on Sunday converged on Kaduna to mobilise support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, ahead of the 2027 general elections. The high-powered gathering, which brought together political stakeholders from the 19 Northern states, was held at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Conference Centre, Kaduna, as part of efforts to strengthen support for the Tinubu administration in the region. Among those at the event were Governors Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and Babagana Zulum of Borno State, alongside Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State.

Also in attendance were the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle; Minister of Housing, Engr. Mustapha Rabe Darma; and other senior government officials. The gathering was organised by the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Alhaji Ibrahim Masari, as part of a stakeholders’ engagement with delegates of the Northern Nigerian Women Ulama from the 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Speaking at the event, Sani said the convergence of political leaders and stakeholders reflected growing support for the Tinubu administration across the region. He said the Northern Women Ulama, who represent millions of women across the region, had endorsed Tinubu for a second term based on what they described as the administration’s achievements in education, infrastructure, healthcare, agriculture and skills development. “They are not endorsing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu based on sentiments or some selfish reasons.

It is simply because of what he has done for Nigeria and for Northern Nigeria in particular,” Sani said. The governor said the women had particularly acknowledged what he described as Tinubu’s inclusive approach to governance, arguing that the administration had demonstrated fairness in the distribution of development projects and opportunities across the country. According to him, education remained one of the critical areas requiring intervention in Northern Nigeria because of the gap in educational development between the region and other parts of the country.

Sani said the Tinubu administration had invested in conventional education as well as skills acquisition through Technical and Vocational Educati… By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo ABUJA — The Igbo Political Movement in the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in the 2027 presidential election, pledging a minimum of two million votes for the All Progressives Congress, APC. The group, under the aegis of the Igbo Delegate Assembly, IDA, 19 Northern States and FCT, said the decision followed consultations with traders, industrialists, youths, women and community leaders across the North.

Declaring the endorsement at a press conference in Abuja on Saturday, Director-General of the movement, Chief John Amaechi Onwe, said the decision was based on what he described as the Tinubu administration’s economic reforms, infrastructure projects and interventions to support businesses. Speaking on the theme, “Continuity, Prosperity, and Inclusion: Why Igbo Political Movement under Igbo Delegate Assembly 19 Northern States plus FCT Back President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a Second Term,” Onwe said the reforms initiated by the administration required more time to mature. He said: “We stand unequivocally to make a clear and historic declaration: We, the Igbo Political Movement 19 Northern States and FCT who believe in unity, enterprise, and progress, are throwing our full weight behind the re-election of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, in 2027.” According to him, the group arrived at the decision after reviewing the administration’s performance over the last three years and consulting its members and stakeholders across the northern states and the FCT.