2027: Tinubu support group woos pentecostals in South-east

The South-east chapter of the Renewed Hope for Greater Nigeria (RHGN) has urged the Pentecostal clerics across the region to support President Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid ahead of 2027.

Deputy National Coordinator of the group in South-east, Mazi Franklin Ngoforo, in a statement he released to this effect to journalists in Owerri on Thursday, disclosed that a closed-door meeting was held in the Anambra state capital, Awka recently, with clerics representing various Pentecostal denominations from the five states in the zone in attendance.

Speaking on behalf of the clergy, Reverend Gilbert Umennadili of God’s Love Revival Ministries Inc. said the clerics honored Ngoforo’s invitation because “scripture calls believers to pray for leaders and remain loyal to civil authority. “

“Nigeria’s challenges, however daunting, are not beyond the reach of Divine intervention,” Umennadili said.

He urged churches across the Southeast to sustain prayers for President Tinubu and his administration.

Addressing the gathering, Ngoforo listed what he described as the Tinubu administration’s achievements in the South-east.

They include moves toward the creation of an additional state for the zone, the advanced implementation of state police, increased federal allocations to South-east states, and the establishment and funding of the South East Development Commission (SEDC).

He told the clerics that the Christian community in the region remains a critical partner in building “a greater and more prosperous Nigeria,” and enjoined them to support both the administration’s policies and the President’s re-election ambition.

Ngoforo described Tinubu as a leader who had “taken the bullet” for Nigerians by implementing far-reaching reforms that previous administrations avoided due to political backlash.

He argued that the courage to take those unpopular but necessary decisions was now yielding visible dividends in infrastructure, security, and revenue allocation to states in the Southeast.

The Awka engagement he noted “comes barely a week after RHGN’s Southeast chapter held its maiden world press conference in Owerri.” At that event, the group unveiled a grassroots mobilization plan that includes deploying a 50-man “Booth Army” for every polling unit in the zone, as well as campus wings in tertiary institutions and market wings in major markets. The target, the group said, is to deliver four million votes for President Tinubu in 2027.

Observers noted that the outreach to clergy signals a widening of RHGN’s mobilization strategy beyond conventional political and youth structures to include religious institutions, which continue to wield significant influence over public opinion in the Southeast.

The meeting ended with commitments from the clerics to continue engaging their congregations on governance and national development.

RHGN also reiterated its call on traditional rulers, market leaders, professionals, and youths in Igbo land to rally behind the administration ahead of the 2027 general election.