Yari In Ekiti: North Will Outvote South-West For Tinubu In 2027
The Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Abdulaziz Yari, has declared that northern Nigeria will deliver more votes for President Bola Tinubu in 2027 than the entire South-West region.
Yari made the declaration on Thursday at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Ekiti State, where he urged residents to support Tinubu’s re-election bid.
He argued that the North had reasons to support Tinubu, claiming the president had helped people from the region attain top positions in the country on three occasions.
According to Yari, northern political leaders and residents are prepared to mobilise support for Tinubu across the country, insisting that the region would work towards securing his re-election in 2027.
He also challenged Ekiti residents to increase their support for the president, recalling that the state reportedly gave Tinubu 80 per cent of its votes in the 2022 election.
Yari said the APC was targeting at least 800,000 votes from Ekiti in 2027, representing approximately 90 per cent of the over 900,000 collected Permanent Voter Cards he cited during the rally.
The former governor urged political leaders and residents in the state to support the president, pointing to what he described as the administration’s achievements in education, infrastructure and youth development.
He listed schools, universities, road projects, educational support for young people and women empowerment initiatives among the areas where the Tinubu administration had intervened in Ekiti State.
Defending the Federal Government’s economic record, Yari also claimed that inflation and food prices had reduced, urging Nigerians to assess the administration based on its reported achievements and give Tinubu another opportunity.
He challenged opposition parties to present alternative policies, saying the APC was ready to defend its record and campaign on what it had delivered to Nigerians.
