2027: PDP, Accord Party, APGA backing Tinubu’s re-election bid – Yilwatda

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, stated Tuesday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Accord Party and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) are backing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election marketing campaign forward of the 2027 basic election.

Yilwatda stated this whereas fielding questions from State House correspondents after assembly with the President alongside the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, to transient the President on preparations for Saturday’s marketing campaign flag-off in Kaduna.

He stated help from events that had beforehand defeated the APC in elections demonstrated the widening political backing for Tinubu’s bid for a second time period.

“If you take a look at what the social gathering is doing now, the oppositions are with us. All political events which have defeated us in any election are all with us; PDP is with us, APGA is with us, Accord Party with us. These are the one political events which have defeated us, besides APM, and they’re all with us on this marketing campaign.

“It shows that the entire Nigerian political cycle is Mr. President, and that’s what we’re doing now to ensure that we prepare for this grand flag off in Kaduna,” he stated.

On preparations for the October 24 launch, Yilwatda stated the social gathering’s state buildings and marketing campaign committees had been prepared for the graduation of nationwide mobilisation.

“We’ll flag-off the marketing campaign on Saturday, twenty fourth of October, and as you possibly can see, we’re along with the DG to transient Mr. President on the preparation for the flag off.

“For now, everything is set; the preparation is on, the members are motivated, the states, the committees are ready, and everything that is supposed to be done has been done,” he stated.

Speaking individually, the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari stated the marketing campaign council would search one other mandate for Tinubu by presenting the administration’s document to Nigerians, with no resort to insults or private assaults.

The former Zamfara State governor stated the APC would make its case for continuity by the insurance policies, programmes and accomplishments of the Federal Government.

“As a Council, what we say we are going to do? We are going to do a campaign with the records. A responsible campaign, no insults, no calling of names because there’s no name before us, but we have a record before us to show to Nigerians,” he stated.

He stated the marketing campaign would permit voters to look at the federal government’s efficiency and resolve whether or not it deserved a second time period.

“This is what our party did, this what our government did, so because of that, we are asking, pleading Nigerians to look at this record carefully so that they give us a second chance for continuity,” he stated.

The Kaduna flag-off follows the inauguration of the APC Presidential Campaign Council on October 14.

President Tinubu chairs the council, with Vice President Kashim Shettima and Yilwatda serving as vice chairmen. Yari oversees its day-to-day marketing campaign coordination as director-general.