The North West zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday gave its blessing to the second term bid of President Bola Tinubu.
Party stakeholders, rising from a meeting in Kaduna, said they were all for the President ahead of the 2027 election.
National Chairman of the APC, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, and Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, said at the meeting that there was no vacancy in the State House.
In Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike pledged loyalty to the President, debunking claims that he (Wike) was warming up for the 2027 presidential race.
At the Kaduna meeting of the APC stakeholders yesterday were governors from the zone elected on the platform of the party – Uba Sani (Kaduna), Nasir Idris (Kebbi) and Umar Namadi (Jigawa).
Deputy Senate President Barau started it all when he mounted the rostrum and asked the gathering “Aso Rock?; to which the crowd responded with shouts of “no vacancy”.
Continuing, he said: “So it is clear that in 2027, we are going to have a landslide victory, insha Allah (by God’s grace).
“So let us continue on the way we are going. Let us continue to cooperate with one another, work with the President, work with everybody, cooperate with one another so that we can have the desired victory.”
He said the continued defection of notable politicians from the opposition to the APC was on account of the performance of President Tinubu in addressing the challenges bedeviling the country.
“This is not happening just for nothing. There are reasons for this. What are the reasons? Number one is the performance of our dear President. The President, of course, inherited a lot of challenges bedeviling our country, but he has come up with programmes and policies to surmount these challenges.
“Security challenges, economic challenges, name them. We’ve seen how he has dealt with our problem, our security problem—the insecurity we’ve been facing in the North West. Several areas were not accessible before now. You could not go to some areas before now.
“But now you can go to some places, you can travel from Abuja to Kaduna. This was quite impossible before he came to power.
“Similarly, before this administration, you could not go to Birnin Gwari, but life has returned to the area. The people have returned to their farmlands
“Several areas that were not accessible are now accessible. We know we are not where we want to be. We are not there yet. We are not finally there yet. But it’s work in progress.
“Mr. President is working hard day in and day out to surmount this country’s insecurity problem, particularly in the North West. It is work in progress.
“It is easy to have problems, but it’s not easy to solve the problems.
“And, of course, that is not alone. That is not the only reason why we are having this influx into our party. The performance of our governors; our governors are doing well, working day in, day out,” he said.
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