Abdulaziz Yari, director-general of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council (PCC), says the north has no reason not to back President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid ahead of 2027 polls.
Speaking on Monday in Lagos when he led members of the PCC
to the palace of Rilwan Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos, Yari said Tinubu supported
former President Muhammadu Buhari’s emergence and re-election, and that the
north should reciprocate by backing the president’s re-election bid.
“For us in the north, I think it is time for us to pay
Tinubu back for allowing the north to complete its full term,” Yari said.
“I remember there was a struggle by some power-mongering
bloc within the APC that tried to convince Tinubu to contest the presidential
election in 2019. He resisted the pressure and said it was the turn of the
north.
“Tinubu said as long as Buhari can come out and ask people
to vote for him, he would be with Buhari till the end. And that was what Tinubu
truly did.”
The former Zamfara governor said there was therefore no
reason for northerners not to support Tinubu’s re-election bid.
“Today, I don’t think there is an excuse for us from the
northern region not to support Tinubu to continue the good job he started and
complete his tenure,” he said.
“The message from northern Nigeria, where I came from, is
that there is nothing to worry about. There are still people of high calibre
and character who believe in justice and fairness. We are going to do our best
to ensure that Tinubu’s journey continues to the end. He can count on us.”
Yari said Tinubu has restructured the country despite
inheriting a challenging situation from previous administrations.
The senator representing Zamfara west said the campaign
council was not seeking Tinubu’s re-election solely for power rotation, but
because it believed Nigerians wanted him to continue in office.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, who received members
of the PCC before accompanying them to the Oba’s palace, said the council’s
decision to visit monarchs demonstrated the important role of traditional
institutions in promoting peace, unity and national development.
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