Get Guardian on GoogleMembers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State have inaugurated a political support group, Asiwaju Kano for Asiwaju Jagaban (AKA), with a target of mobilising at least 1.5 million votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in the 2027 general elections.
The group, led by Hon. Leke Abejide, also inaugurated coordinators across the 44 local government areas of the state as part of efforts to strengthen its grassroots mobilisation structure.
The initiative is particularly targeting non-indigenes residing in Kano, with plans to mobilise their support for President Tinubu, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and other APC candidates in the forthcoming elections.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Kano, the Chairman of the AKA Planning Committee, Hon. Ekundayo Emmanuel, said the group was committed to securing at least 1.5 million votes from non-indigenes across the state.
“Today, we are inaugurating coordinators across all 44 local government areas. Our responsibility is to mobilise at least one million five hundred thousand votes from non-indigenes residing across Kano State for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our esteemed governor and leader, the people’s governor, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf, popularly known as Abba Gida Gida, as well as all APC candidates in the state,” he said.
He added that the group was established to promote the political vision of President Tinubu and Governor Yusuf, stressing that structures were being put in place to achieve its mobilisation target.
The Kano State Coordinator of AKA, Hon. Seyi Olorunsola, commended Hon. Leke Abejide, a member of the House of Representatives representing Yagba East and Yagba West Federal Constituency of Kogi State, for returning to Kano, which he described as his place of origin, to give back to the communities.
Olorunsola said Abejide had recently empowered more than 300,000 people in Kano, including nearly 5,000 widows, as part of his humanitarian interventions.
He said the beneficiaries received N50,000 each, alongside bags of rice and wrappers.
According to him, Abejide’s gesture was commendable, particularly as other politicians who had risen to prominent positions through their connections to Kano had not undertaken similar initiatives to support communities in the state.
He said Abejide’s decision to return to Kano and contribute to the welfare of its residents demonstrated his commitment to giving back to his roots.
Speaking on behalf of the Yoruba community and other ethnic groups, the Chairman of the Yoruba Community in Kano, Olajide Johnson Ogunleye, called on members to regard the mobilisation exercise as a collective responsibility and work towards achieving the group’s target.
He urged them to take the message to their respective communities and mobilise support for the APC candidates.
“It is a duty and a call to action for every one of us to ensure that this vision becomes achievable. We must all see it as a task before us. We know the vision, and it is now time for each of us to communicate it to the people around us,” he said.
Also speaking, the Special Adviser to Governor Abba Yusuf on Information and Communication Technology, Yusuf Sharada, reiterated the state government’s commitment to inclusiveness, saying Kano considers everyone living in the state a citizen, irrespective of their place of origin.
He described Kano as home to people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and encouraged them to continue contributing to the development of the state.
