2027: Tinubu’s second term unstoppable, says Kwankwaso

A stalwart of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano, Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso, has said the ambition of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the second term in office remains sacrosanct.

Kwankwaso, a former Commissioner for Rural Development, who aligned himself with the recent comment of APC Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, insisted that with or without Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Tinubu will be reelected in 2027.

According to him, no ‘selfish’ political influence would prevent Tinubu from securing massive votes in the Northern parts of Nigeria in the next presidential election.

Ganduje recently stirred Northern political climate when he openly declared that Tinubu deserved second chance votes from the North in the interest of fairness.

Justifying his argument, Ganduje said after the eight-year tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari, it is only reasonable for the South to complete the same term in office.

Kwankwaso, who is serving as Executive Director Finance, Hadejia Jama’are River Basin, while responding to attacks on Ganduje’s advocacy, said, “North should wait till 2031 to reclaim power” and insisted that the ACF lacks political values to talk about North.

“Let me tell you, most of those in Arewa Forum were in power for decades, but what do they do to savage the interest of the North? Is it now that it is too late, do they want to start defending the North? They should be told that it is no longer business as usual. They should rather save their private interest, not the North.

Kwankwaso reminded Solomon Dalung, who is in the forefront of attacking Tinubu and his Government, that, “were you not silent after grabbing power in the Government of Buhari despite your critical position of Anti-misgovernment.

“People like Solomon Dalung, Najaatu Muhammad, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and host of others have nothing to tell the North because they cannot show what they did to the region.”

He insisted that Ganduje’s positions that Tinubu’s contribution in the Northern region in just a few months of his administration, suppresses so many others who have nothing to show, were completely on record.

“Ganduje is right to say the North should wait till 2031 to start talking about power because right now one can clearly see the huge contributions of his to the development of the region,” he said.

“Today the entire Northern Nigeria has become a project site with so many projects going on and these are being undertaken by President Tinubu, and more are still in the pipeline and will come by the time he returns to Power in 2027.”

He applauded Ganduje for his leadership in the party which has made opposition members defect to the APC.

“We have seen, today, apart from winning so many states in the run-off elections, Ganduje is daily receiving the National Assembly members – senators, House of Representatives, and other top echelon from other parties.

“These and many other strong points clearly show that it’s just a matter of time that President Tinubu will make it back to power in 2027, and this has strongly unsettled Kwankwaso and his Kwankwasiyya supporters.”