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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in the Kano State chapter have promised to mobilise the electorate in the state to give at least 1.5 million votes for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in next year’s presidential election.
They made the promise during the inauguration of a political support group, Asiwaju Kano for Asiwaju Jagaban (AKA), aimed at generating the millions of votes for President Tinubu to emerge victorious in the 2027 general elections.
The stakeholders, led by Leke Abejide, also used the opportunity to inaugurate coordinators across the 44 local government areas of the state as part of efforts to strengthen its grassroots mobilisation structure.
The initiative, according to him, is particularly targeted at mobilising non-indigenes residing in Kano to support and vote for President Tinubu, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and other APC candidates in the forthcoming elections.
The statement, made available to newsmen in Abuja, noted that the Chairman of the AKA Planning Committee, Ekundayo Emmanuel, said the group was committed to securing at least 1.5 million votes from non-indigenes across the state.
“Today, we are inaugurating coordinators across all 44 local government areas. Our responsibility is to mobilise at least one million five hundred thousand votes from non-indigenes residing across Kano State for President Tinubu, our esteemed governor and leader, the people’s governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, popularly known as Abba Gida Gida, as well as all APC candidates in the state,” he stated.
He added that the group was established to promote the political vision of President Tinubu and Governor Yusuf, explaining that structures have been put in place to achieve its mobilisation target.
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Also speaking, the Kano State Coordinator of AKA, Hon Seyi Olorunsola, commended Leke Abejide, a member of the House of Representatives representing Yagba East and Yagba West Federal Constituency of Kogi State, for returning to Kano, which he described as his place of origin, to give back to the communities.
Olorunsola said Abejide had recently empowered more than 300,000 people in Kano, including nearly 5,000 widows, as part of his humanitarian interventions.
He said the beneficiaries received N50,000 each, alongside bags of rice and wrappers.
Abejide’s gesture was commendable, particularly as other politicians who had risen to prominent positions through their connections to Kano had not undertaken similar initiatives to support communities in the state.
He said Abejide’s decision to return to Kano and contribute to the welfare of its residents demonstrated his commitment to giving back to his roots.
Speaking on behalf of the Yoruba community and other ethnic groups, the Chairman of the Yoruba Community in Kano, Olajide Johnson Ogunleye, called on members to regard the mobilisation exercise as a collective responsibility and work towards achieving the group’s target.
While urging them to take the message to their respective communities and mobilise support for the APC candidates, he said: “It is a duty and a call to action for every one of us to ensure that this vision becomes achievable. We must all see it as a task before us. We know the vision, and it is now time for each of us to communicate it to the people around us.”
