Tinubu: APC targets 800,000 votes in Ekiti, says North will deliver
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“The President promised to do more for the Ekiti people,” he said. By Omeiza Ajayi, Tinubu The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has set a target of 800,000 votes in Ekiti State for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, with the Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, assuring that Northern Nigeria “is ready for Asiwaju 2027” and “is going to deliver him from A to Z.” Yari spoke on Thursday at the party’s campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti, where he asked the state to improve on the roughly 80 per cent it gave Tinubu in 2022.
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✦“Today, I present President Bola Ahmed Tinubu again for a second term.
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2027:By Omeiza Ajayi, Tinubu The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has set a target of 800,000 votes in Ekiti State for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, with the Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, assuring that Northern Nigeria “is ready for Asiwaju 2027” and “is going to deliver him from A to Z.” Yari spoke on Thursday at the party’s campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti, where he asked the state to improve on the roughly 80 per cent it gave Tinubu in 2022.2027:Yari said the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, the Allied Peoples Movement APM and the Social Democratic Party SDP who contested the last governorship election against the governor were at the rally “to show solidarity, their togetherness with the Governor when it comes to Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.” He added that the reward for a heavy turnout would be more federal presence in the state.2027:So, we in the north, we are ready for Asiwaju 2027, and we are going to deliver him from A to Z.” The PCC boss also challenged the opposition to say what it would do differently.
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✦“The President promised to do more for the Ekiti people,” he said.
✦By Omeiza Ajayi, Tinubu The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has set a target of 800,000 votes in Ekiti State for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, with the Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, assuring that Northern Nigeria “is ready for Asiwaju 2027” and “is going to deliver him from A to Z.” Yari spoke on Thursday at the party’s campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti, where he asked the state to improve on the roughly 80 per cent it gave Tinubu in 2022.
✦“Today, I present President Bola Ahmed Tinubu again for a second term.
Key Facts:2027: By Omeiza Ajayi, Tinubu The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has set a target of 800,000 votes in Ekiti State for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, with the Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, assuring that Northern Nigeria “is ready for Asiwaju 2027” and “is going to deliver him from A to Z.” Yari spoke on Thursday at the party’s campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti, where he asked the state to improve on the roughly 80 per cent it gave Tinubu in 2022.2027: Yari said the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, the Allied Peoples Movement APM and the Social Democratic Party SDP who contested the last governorship election against the governor were at the rally “to show solidarity, their togetherness with the Governor when it comes to Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.” He added that the reward for a heavy turnout would be more federal presence in the state.2027: So, we in the north, we are ready for Asiwaju 2027, and we are going to deliver him from A to Z.” The PCC boss also challenged the opposition to say what it would do differently.today: “What are they going to do differently than what we are having today?
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"Out of 1,080,000 votes, and PVC collected over 900,000, this is my request, and by extension, of course, of the President...
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“The President promised to do more for the Ekiti people,” he said.
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By Omeiza Ajayi, Tinubu The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has set a target of 800,000 votes in Ekiti State for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, with the Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, assuring that Northern Nigeria “is ready for Asiwaju 2027” and “is going to deliver him from A to Z.” Yari spoke on Thursday at the party’s campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti, where he asked the state to improve on the roughly 80 per cent it gave Tinubu in 2022.
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By Omeiza Ajayi, Tinubu The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has set a target of 800,000 votes in Ekiti State for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, with the Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, assuring that Northern Nigeria “is ready for Asiwaju 2027” and “is going to deliver him from A to Z.” Yari spoke on Thursday at the party’s campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti, where he asked the state to improve on the roughly 80 per cent it gave Tinubu in 2022.
