TY Danjuma To Nigerians: Re-Elect Tinubu In 2027 To Consolidate Meaningful Projects

General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma has charged Nigerians to re-elect President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the forthcoming 2027 general elections, saying it is for consolidation of meaningful projects his administration has started already.

General Danjuma gave the charge at the twentieth-year anniversary and fundraising ceremony of the Adamawa State Government House Chapel held in Yola on Saturday, stressing that the first tenure of President Bola Tinubu’s government wouldn’t be enough for him to conclude laudable programmes and projects with direct bearing on Nigerians.

Represented by former Chief of Army Staff, General Ishaya Bamaiyi, Danjuma said Tinubu has appointed many Christians in positions of government which shows his fairness and tolerance among diverse people in the country, urging Nigerians especially the Middle Belt to vote for his re-election massively come Presidential election in January 2027.

The call came a day after Danjuma led a Middle Belt delegation to meet President Tinubu in Abuja on Friday.

The delegation comprised Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang, Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, former Chief of Army Staff General Ishaya Bamaiyi, Defence Minister General Christopher Musa, businessman Thomas Etuh and President of the Middle Belt Forum, Dr Poju Bitrus.

Members of the delegation are known to have openly shown support for the re-election of President Tinubu in 2027 which seems to reflect the idea behind the meeting with the President.

The meeting, according to informed sources, focused mainly on the region’s political alliance ahead of the 2027 elections.

Concerns have, however, been raised over the composition of the leaders that met with President Tinubu.

The concerns centre around observations that the composition of the delegation did not reflect representations from all the states that make up the Middle Belt and was not sensitive to the dominant faiths in the region as all the members of the delegation are Christians.

Several analysts have pointed out the exclusion of prominent Middle Belt politicians like former and serving governors, prominent members of the National Assembly and other retired top civil servants and public officials who, from indications, must have been excluded on account of faith.

Attempts to speak with some of the leaders in the delegation like former Speaker Yakubu Dogara and Senator Sunday Marshal Katung or their media aides were not successful as they were not answering their calls.

A source in the Middle Belt Forum, however, explained that the delegation that visited Tinubu were handpicked solely by TY Danjuma and did not have the input of the forum, hence the group cannot explain the religious tilt.

Spokesman of the Middle Belt Forum, Luka Binniyat, when contacted confirmed that the forum’s president, Bitrus Pogu was only invited to join the meeting but did not partake in the selection of those to attend.

He said, “The visit of TY Danjuma and some of the leaders of the Middle Belt was not something that was planned by the Middle Belt Forum itself,” explaining that General Danjuma is the chairman board of trustees of the Middle Belt Forum but he has his own circle that he is confident with. “We do not know why Muslims are not among them. But the Muslims are integral part of the Middle Belt Forum. For example, our national vice president, Al-Hajji Idi Waziri, is a Muslim from Wase in Plateau state and our women leader, Hajja Amina Saidu is a Muslim from Nasarawa.”

He added that the MBF President only notified them a few hours to that meeting.

“If ethnicity were to be represented, there should have been more than 300 people representing the various ethnic groups. And if you are visiting the number one man in the villa, I don’t think it’s easy to accommodate that kind of crowd. But we believe that no matter what decision they took there, covers the interests of every ethnic nationality of the Middle Belt.”

He said what was presented to the President include a charter of demand that includes all the interests of the ethnic nationalities of the Middle Belt which includes issues like security, escalating cost of living and decline in agricultural production.

“And then also, we encouraged him to restructure, restructure Nigeria based on the 2014 CONFAB. We had a very robust presentation there, which was adopted by the CONFAB as the Middle Belt groups.”

Daily Trust recalls there was a Convocation of Middle Belt Nations, held in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, from October 15 to 17, 2026 where participants called for regional restructuring, additional states, improved security, stronger political representation and greater accountability from elected officials.

They also urged political parties seeking their support ahead of the 2027 elections to present clear programmes addressing insecurity, education, healthcare, infrastructure and economic development.