…Barau, Ganduje say no vacancy in Aso Rock

From Noah Ebije, Kaduna

A large gathering of who is who in the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the North West Zone meeting of its stakeholders in Kaduna yesterday, endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections.

The meeting had in attendance the National Chairman of the Party, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, APC governors from the zone, including, Uba Sani of Kaduna, Nasir Idris of Kebbi and Umar Namadi of Jigawa, Speaker House of Representatives, Dr Tajudeen Abbas, Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau, Ministers from the zone and other stakeholders,

Others in attendance were: chairmen of state chapters of APC, state and federal legislators as well as heads of federal agencies, and senior political appointees.

The foundation for the endorsement of the President was laid when the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, asked the gathering “Aso Rock”, the crowd responded by saying “no vacancy.”

After the gathering responded, Senator Barau said, “So it is clear in 2027, we are going to have a landslide victory, inshallah. So, let us continue on the way we are going. Let us continue to cooperate with one another, work with the president, work with everybody, cooperate amongst ourselves so that we have the desired victory.”

He said the defection of stalwarts of the opposition political parties to the APC was as a result of the performance of President Tinubu in addressing the challenges bedeviling the country.

“This is not happening just for nothing. There are reasons for this. What are the reasons? Number one is the performance of our dear president. The president, of course, inherited a lot of challenges, bedeviling our country. But he has come up with programs and policies to surmount these challenges.

“Security challenges, economic challenges, name them. We’ve seen how he has dealt with our problem, our security problem—the security we’ve been facing in the North West. Several areas were not accessible before now. You could not go to some areas before now. But now you can go to some places, you can travel from Abuja to Kaduna. This was quite impossible before he came to power.”