{
  "id": 17569832,
  "title": "2027: Kano gov, lawmaker target one million non-indigene votes for Tinubu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/2027-kano-gov-lawmaker-target-one-million-non-indigene-votes-for-17569832",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T09:24:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/2027-kano-gov-lawmaker-target-one-million-non-indigene-votes-for-tinubu/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf and a lawmaker are aiming to secure one million votes from Yoruba and other non-indigenous communities in the state for President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress during the 2027 general elections, according to Punch.\n\nThe announcement was made by Leke Joseph Abejide, a member of the House of Representatives representing the Yagba Federal Constituency of Kogi State, during an empowerment programme in Kano. Abejide, who serves as the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and is described as the Asiwaju of the Yoruba people in Kano, launched a N500m interest-free revolving loan scheme for women and widows organized into cooperatives.\n\nAbejide stated that the intervention is part of his commitment to the people of Kano, a city he has lived in for more than three decades since arriving in 1993. He described the state as his home and the foundation of his success.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}