Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, have expressed strong support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. They recently vowed to unseat the current New Nigeria Peoples Party administration in Kano, and Nigerians have been reacting.
Speaking after a closed-door meeting held in Abuja, Ganduje said that the APC leadership in Kano remains united and determined to reclaim the state’s governorship in 2027.
According to him, Tinubu deserves the support of Nigerians as appreciation for his effective policy reforms that have been working wonders in Nigeria.
He stated that the successes achieved by APC in Kano State would lead to an overwhelming support for BAT in 2027.
“We are here and we examine the progress, the successes that we have achieved in our great party in Kano State. We are also here in order to assure Mr President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that our party in Kano State we are solidly behind him.
We appreciate his policy reforms. We appreciate the good work that he is doing for the country. We appreciate the good work he is doing for Kano State. And we appreciate all the appointments that he has made for the people of Kano State.
Ladies and gentlemen, you all know what happened during the last election. We were about to win the election, but unfortunately, we could not win the election. But since after that, our party has remained intact.
Our party has remained solid. And because of the good policies of Mr President, and also because of our political dexterity in the state, we are able to attract many important politicians from other political parties that have come into our own party.
In particular, we have Senator Kawu has joined our party. We have members of the House of Representatives. We have the former speaker of Kano State, Honourable Kabiru Ruru, who has joined our party. We have Honourable Abdullahi Saini Rogo, who has joined our party. We have many members of the State Assembly who have joined our party.
We have former secretary to the present government in Kano State who has left the party, NNPP, and has joined our party. We have some commissioners who left the present government and now they have joined our party,” he said.
Ganduje further urged Nigerians, especially those living in Kano State, to partake in the ongoing voter registration exercise, stressing that the party will put in every effort to reclaim the state in 2027.
He concluded by encouraging fellow citizens to go out and register for the ongoing voter registration exercise ahead of the forthcoming elections.
“We have the whole secretary to the Kano State government who left his party and joined our party. In fact, if I continue to mention those who have joined our party, you will know that APC has grown from strength to strength. Distinguished Honourable Member Abdulmumin Kofa is also joining our party.
We are here and we have resolved that we will continue to work very hard to ensure that we succeed in the next gubernatorial election in Kano State.
We are also here to strategise. We are here to see how we can encourage our people to go and register for the ongoing voter registration exercise. So far, we are doing very well. And we want to assure the people of Kano State that our members will register so that during the election, we come out in large numbers so that we can win the election,” he added.
