2027: Akpabio Predicts Total Victory For Tinubu In South-South

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has predicted a sweeping victory for President Bola Tinubu and different All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates within the South-South geopolitical zone within the January 16, 2027 elections.

Akpabio made the prediction on Saturday on the Rivers State Rainbow Coalition rally held on the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt, the place he attributed the anticipated victory to the prevailing peace and unity amongst political leaders within the state.

He advised Tinubu that Rivers State had offered the political components wanted to safe his re-election, declaring: “There is total peace in Rivers State, and it is based on that peace and unity among all stakeholders and political leaders that Mr President would be delivered.”

The Senate President recalled that Rivers was the one state within the South-South received by the APC within the 2023 presidential election, insisting that Tinubu had secured a decisive victory there. He expressed confidence that the state would repeat the feat in 2027.

Akpabio additionally credited Tinubu’s relationship with Rivers State to the appointment of former Governor Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), praising his efficiency and describing him as an asset to the state.

“President Tinubu loves Rivers people, and that is why he handed a very strategic ministry, the FCT, to your son, and he has not disappointed us. We have never seen such a level of development before,” he stated.

Highlighting the administration’s achievements, Akpabio cited the scholar mortgage scheme, tax reforms, elevated international reserves and the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as causes Nigerians ought to assist Tinubu’s re-election.

He claimed that greater than 100,000 college students from Rivers State had benefited from federal schooling financing initiatives, whereas international reserves had risen from $4.5 billion to over $50 billion.

He additionally defended the removing of gasoline subsidy, saying it was geared toward eliminating corruption, and urged South-South residents to maintain their assist for the administration.

“We will continue to campaign despite the fact that we are a very popular party and the government of the day,” Akpabio declared, expressing confidence that Tinubu and APC candidates would have a good time victory on January 16, 2027.