The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Bashiru, has told opposition leaders joining the coalition force against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to wait till 2031, insisting that there is no vacancy in Aso Rock in 2027.
He urged whoever wants to contest against Tinubu to keep his resources till 2031 because there is no vacancy at the Villa, reports The Nation.
Speaking in Ibadan during a media engagement tagged: ‘Moment with Sen. Surajudeen Ajibola Bashiru’ organised by the Zone B of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), the APC National Secretary debunked speculations that the North is ganging up against President Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027,
He described those behind the speculations as disgruntled politicians who had the opportunity to develop the North but refused to do so.
He noted that all the noise from the opposition leaders is all about contesting to protect individual ambition and selfish interest and not the development of Nigeria.
He lamented that all the opposition leaders are after is how to wrestle power at all costs.
“The North is absolutely in support of APC, one of the greatest support the party is enjoying is from the North.
“Only people who don’t have the love of the North at heart will say Tinubu should not be reelected. President Tinubu is a true Nigerian and a patriot.
“Go to the streets of Kano, Kaduna Kastina and Gombe and see how Asiwaju is being celebrated. As the national secretary of our party, I’ve been to almost all states in the North, Northerners are in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reelection 2027 agenda.
“It’s a lie from the pit of hell to say the North is ganging up against President Tinubu. The North today is solidly behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second term agenda.
“In Kastina, all political party structures collapsed to support President Tinubu’s 2027 Agenda.
“Kaduna state today under Governor Uba Sanni, APC is the only viable electoral machine in that state.
“Today, we have highest numbers of National Assembly members in Kano, Senator Kau had already decamped into our party, we have the Deputy Senate President, the chairman of House Committee on Appropriation is within the APC.
“Also, Sokoto state under the leadership of Sen. Wamako, we are very strong there, these are facts.
“Bauchi governor is currently in a dilemna. He doesn’t know where to go, we have Sen. Alero in Kebbi State, a former governor who won two Senatorial District on the same day Asiwaju won election, he is within our party.
“I was in Gombe state, and the governor told us that Tinubu is supporting the state with N120 billion to develop livestock in the state. If a state gets support of N120 billion, will it not gavanise its support for President Tinubu to continue to have such benefits?
“Kastina state recently launched mechanisation for 40,000 farmers, these are facts. Governor Yari said they don’t have choice than to support Asiwaju re-election because before Tinubu came, for them to move their food items to the South was like a war.
“So, when you see what Tinubu is doing in terms of giving support to the North for the development of their economy, security and giving them key appointment in his administration, his victory is sure in the North.”
He urged Nigerians not to allow opposition leaders confuse them.
“You can’t talk of coalition in a Presidential system of government, you can’t be in Labour Party and at the same time be in ADC.
“Coalition is not only strange to our political system, it is unknown and absolutely depicting a state of confusion of those who are engaging in the act.
“No serious politician will abandon a veritable, strong, competent and capable electoral machinery like APC and go and join an unknown organisation.”
