Ganduje warns northerners against contesting Tinubu’s re-election in 2027

From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has warned northerners nursing any presidential ambition against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election to drop such plans.

He spoke when a group, Tinubu Young Generation Forum, paid a courtesy visit to him at the headquarters of the ruling party in Abuja on Tuesday.

He said: “If support organisations like you, whenever there is an agenda by the federal government, if such support groups will come in in order to assist, then it will form public enlightenment and inclusiveness in the running of the government. We have seen your plan in order to mobilise voters in respect of the 2027 election. This is very encouraging. I have to congratulate you for this.

“And also, you know, our president is for the North, our president is for the South, our president is for the six geopolitical zones. And we have been receiving support groups from all the six geopolitical zones. And we are happy that our party believes in zoning.

“When a leader from the northern part of this country was in office for eight years, we advocated that the next president in our party should come from the South. And luckily enough, we worked very hard with the cooperation of Nigerians.

“Our president has come from the South and is going, inshallah, for a second term in 2027. And then after that, it will be the turn of the northern part of this country. So, this Northern Youth Forum, I believe we are on the right course, and we encourage you to continue working on that. We will study your documents and we shall see areas of cooperation,” he said.

Speaking further, the former Governor of Kano State said: “Our president is doing very well. He is a reformer, he is a visionary leader, he is focused, and we are happy with his reforms because his reforms are absolutely necessary for the socio-economic development of this country.

“There is no doubt so many things went wrong over a long period of time, and it would require surgery before we can get it right.

“But we are happy that we have started seeing the outcome of the reforms, especially on the economic side, and we believe this will continue to yield positive results so that the legacy and the Renewed Hope agenda will be achieved,” he said.