2027: PDP, APGA, Accord Will Join APC To Campaign For Tinubu’s Re-election — Yilwatda

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has claimed that major opposition parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and Accord Party, will work with the ruling party to campaign for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.

Yilwatda disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking with newsmen after a meeting with President Tinubu alongside the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari.

According to him, the development shows growing political support for the President, as the APC has attracted backing from parties that previously defeated it in elections.

“If you look at what the party is doing now, the oppositions are with us. All political parties that have defeated us in any election are all with us; PDP is with us, APGA is with us, Accord Party with us. These are the only political parties that have defeated us, except APM, and they are all with us in this campaign,” Yilwatda said.

“It shows that the entire Nigerian political cycle is Mr. President, and that’s what we’re doing now to ensure that we prepare for this grand flag off in Kaduna,” he added.

The APC chairman, however, did not specify whether the claimed support represented formal endorsements by the national leadership of the three opposition parties or political alliances involving individual members and groups within them.

Yilwatda also said the ruling party has completed preparations for the formal launch of its nationwide presidential campaign on Saturday, October 24, in Kaduna.

He expressed satisfaction with the level of preparation, saying the party’s leadership, campaign committees and state structures are fully mobilised.

“We’ll flag-off the campaign on Saturday, 24th of October, and as you can see, we’re together with the DG to brief Mr. President on the preparation for the flag off. For now, everything is set; the preparation is on, the members are motivated, the states, the committees are ready, and everything that is supposed to be done has been done,” he said.