The race for 2027 has officially begun, and the All Progressives Congress is not holding back.
Northcentral Nigeria will explode tomorrow as the ruling party kicks off its presidential campaign with a mega rally in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
First Lady Leads Charge In Lafia
The APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, who hails from Plateau State, has declared the Lafia rally as the “mother of all rallies.”
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In a dramatic twist, First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu will be the chief speaker at the event, which is aimed at galvanising massive support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima.
Thousands of supporters, women and youth groups, political office holders and party faithful from Benue, Plateau, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Nasarawa and the FCT are expected to flood Lafia.
The rally will be hosted by Governor Abdullahi Sule.
Akume, Governors Seal Mega Plan
The decision was sealed at a high-level stakeholders meeting in Abuja on Thursday, chaired by Yilwatda.
In attendance were Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, Northcentral governors, deputy governors, ministers, National Assembly members and other bigwigs.
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The meeting endorsed a coordinated mobilisation strategy and praised Akume’s leadership in uniting the zone.
According to Yilwatda, governors and other stakeholders have agreed to deploy their full political structures to ensure a massive turnout.
He said the rally will prove that Northcentral remains a solid APC fortress. All six governors in the zone are APC members, with majority control of all Houses of Assembly.
The Chairman also condoled with families of victims of the Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash in Ondo and the 37 miners who died in Niger State.
With this rally, APC has fired the first shot ahead of the January 16, 2027 presidential election.
