By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA: The immediate-past Nationwide Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has dismissed claims that northern Nigeria will withdraw its help for President Bola Tinubu within the 2027 common elections, describing such projections as a “huge mistake.”
The previous Kano State governor asserted that there’s presently no southern candidate extra suited to steer Nigeria past 2027 than the incumbent President.
Ganduje spoke on Friday in Abuja when he acquired a delegation of the Northern Nigeria Youth Leaders Discussion board which adorned him as their Grand Patron and likewise pledged their early loyalty to the President’s re-election bid.
He emphasised that Nigeria is lucky to be led by a “pure politician” whose profession has been outlined by a wrestle for democracy.
“These pondering the North will vote for a unique candidate in 2027 are making a grave error. That is the primary time Nigeria is led by a President whose major constituency is politics. He has the upbringing, the assumption in nationwide unity, and the historical past of even going into exile to make sure democracy survived in Nigeria”, he said.
Ganduje highlighted that the President’s daring financial insurance policies are already yielding outcomes that transcend social gathering traces.
He reminded the delegation of the understanding reached earlier than the President Muhammadu Buhari administration that energy would shift to the South after eight years, an settlement he believes ought to be absolutely honoured by means of a second time period for Tinubu.
Nationwide Chief of the youth discussion board, Murtala Muhammad Gamji, declared that the North’s help isn’t just rhetorical however monetary.
He revealed that the group is already mobilizing to lift funds to personally buy the President’s 2027 nomination varieties.
“We’re right here to let you know that wherever you lead, we comply with. Claims that the North received’t vote for Asiwaju are false. No chief has supported northern pursuits fairly like he has”, he mentioned.
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