Get Guardian on Google• S’West monarchs endorse Tinubu for second term, back southern Presidency
• SWAGA unveils plans to strengthen grassroots mobilisation for Tinubu’s re-election
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that with 2.1 million registered voters in Ondo State, the least expected votes from the state for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 polls is 1.2 million.
Tinubu, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, stated this during the presidential campaign rally held yesterday in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
Shettima, who led other top party chieftains to the Akure Township Stadium, the venue of the campaign rally, described the turnout as a clear indication that the state remains a progressive stronghold.
The Vice President said the opposition had been conducting campaigns on social media, adding that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has not been able to put his state in order to the extent that all former governors of his state are not in alignment with him.
He also took a swipe at former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, stating that he has nothing to offer other than what he described as obnoxious data.
However, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa reaffirmed the people of Ondo State’s commitment to delivering a minimum of one million votes for Tinubu, citing the President’s progressive policies, which he said have changed the country’s fortunes.
Also speaking, the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, described Tinubu as the most experienced, exposed, prepared, and competent among the 18 presidential candidates presented by political parties.
Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign and former Zamfara State Governor, Abdulazeez Yari, said Tinubu had demonstrated exceptional commitment to Ondo State through political appointments and other benefits.
On his part, the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, enjoined the people of the state to vote overwhelmingly for Tinubu in 2027.
Former Governor Olusegun Mimiko, while addressing the rally, urged APC supporters not to relent in their efforts at winning big for the President.
Senator Adams Oshiomhole said Tinubu had worked well for Nigerians and that the best way to reciprocate his good deeds is to return him as President.
Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodimma, said Ondo people must prove through their votes that they love Tinubu.
MEANWHILE, traditional rulers from the South-West have endorsed Tinubu for a second term in office ahead of the 2027 presidential election, calling for the retention of the Presidency in Southern Nigeria in the next electoral cycle.
The position was contained in a communiqué issued yesterday at the end of a meeting of the monarchs held at the palace of the Olubadan, Oba Rashidi Ladoja.
HOWEVER, the South West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA) has unveiled plans to strengthen grassroots mobilisation across Lagos State in support of President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
The group said it would establish stronger structures across the state’s local councils, wards and polling units as part of efforts to mobilise support for the President and promote the policies of his administration.
The Lagos chapter of SWAGA disclosed this yesterday during a media briefing by the Chairman of its Media Committee, Lanre Odubote, ahead of its formal inauguration scheduled for Friday, November 13, at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television, Agidingbi, Ikeja.
ALSO, Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Senator Dayo Adeyeye, has predicted that President Tinubu is likely to win all 36 states, saying that opposition political parties pose no serious threat to his re-election in January presidential polls.
He said that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) can’t be a stumbling block to Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, adding that the ADC lacks the political structure, grassroots influence, and electoral strength to challenge the APC.
Adeyeye, while speaking with journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, yesterday on the state of affairs ahead of the 2027 general election, dismissed suggestions that the APC was apprehensive about the opposition, describing such claims as unfounded.
