Get Guardian on GoogleThe National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has called on governors, governorship candidates and party leaders across the North Central region to unite stakeholders and mobilise support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Yilwatda made the call at the APC presidential campaign rally held at Azaria Road Stadium, Jos, Plateau State, where he urged party leaders to close ranks, harmonise competing interests and work collectively towards securing victory for the party in the forthcoming general elections.
In a statement issued on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy, Abimbola Tooki, the APC chairman said the impressive turnout at the rally demonstrated renewed unity and commitment among party leaders and supporters in Plateau State.
He challenged the people of Plateau to translate the enthusiasm displayed at the rally into votes, insisting that the state should deliver a record electoral victory for Tinubu.
Yilwatda declared that political leaders in Plateau had become fully united behind the President, assuring him that the support demonstrated at the rally would be reflected at the ballot box.
He described Tinubu as a promise keeper who had fulfilled commitments made to Plateau State, arguing that the administration’s record of delivery provided a basis for continued public support.
A major highlight of the rally was the presentation of APC flags to the party’s governorship candidates across the North Central states, a move the national chairman said symbolised the party’s determination to consolidate its structures and strengthen internal cohesion ahead of the elections.
Specifically, Yilwatda urged APC governors and party leaders in Plateau, Benue, Niger and Nasarawa states to harmonise political interests, bring all stakeholders on board and intensify grassroots mobilisation.
In Benue, he charged the governor and party leaders to reconcile competing interests and unite political stakeholders towards an APC victory.
For Niger State, he expressed confidence that the party’s flag would serve as a rallying point for members and help strengthen mobilisation for Tinubu and other APC candidates.
He also urged the party’s governorship candidate in Nasarawa and other leaders to provide purposeful leadership, unite stakeholders and mobilise support for the President, while pursuing peace, prosperity and development in the state.
The APC chairman said the North Central region must approach the 2027 elections with a common purpose, warning that personal interests and political differences should not undermine the party’s collective objectives.
He called on party structures, elected officials, candidates and grassroots mobilisers to intensify engagement with voters and sustain the momentum generated by the Jos rally.
“Our strength lies in our unity, our strategy is effective mobilisation, and our destination is victory. I therefore charge all our governors, governorship candidates and party leaders across the North Central to unite every stakeholder in their respective states and work together to deliver maximum votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said.
Yilwatda added that the rally had demonstrated what the party could achieve through collective action, urging members to take their campaign message to communities across the region.
He assured party members that the APC would sustain its mobilisation drive and strengthen its political structures ahead of the 2027 general elections.
