{
  "id": 14275994,
  "title": "2027: APC chair confirms support from opposition figures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/2027-apc-chair-confirms-support-from-opposition-figures-14275994",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T19:44:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/2027-apc-chair-confirms-support-from-opposition-figures/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, has confirmed that the ruling party has sought the support of opposition figures for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. Yilwatda, while receiving a delegation from the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, revealed that the APC had approached opposition leaders such as the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and state governors including Ademola Adeleke, Chukwuma Soludo, among others. These efforts were made to advance the national interest and promote the welfare of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, regardless of political affiliations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "2027: APC chair confirms support from opposition figures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/2027-apc-chair-confirms-support-from-opposition-figures",
        "published": "2026-10-13T19:24:06.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}