2027: Tinubu will commence campaign in Kaduna – Yari

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council Director-General, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, has announced that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will begin his re-election campaign in Kaduna on October 24. Yari made this statement after a meeting with President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Yari also stated that Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), and Peter Obi, the candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), do not have enough support to defeat Tinubu in the 2027 election.

He explained that Tinubu controls at least ten states in both the North and the South, while Atiku and Obi have no control in either region. Yari confirmed that the inaugural meeting to discuss the campaign timeline will take place on October 14 at the State House banquet hall, and the campaign will start with a flag-off in Kaduna on October 24.

The campaign is expected to continue by visiting every state Tinubu plans to target. Yari believes that President Tinubu has managed to turn around the country's economy since taking office and that the campaign strategy takes into account the support each candidate has in the North and the South. He emphasized that God has supported Tinubu in the past, and he will not allow the same to happen to him in the future.