2027: Borno APC endorses Tinubu/Kashim ticket for second term

…as Zulum shed tears

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri

Borno State leaders of the All Progressives Congress have reaffirmed their support for a joint ticket of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice president Kashim Shettima for second term of office.

The endorsement was made at a meeting by the critical stakeholders of the party at the government house Maiduguri on Saturday.

This is as Governor Babagana Zulum shed tears while soliciting forgiveness from any Borno stakeholders or people who felt offended in the course of his last 7 -year administration.

The APC National Vice Chairman, North, Hon Ali Bukar Dalori, moved the motion for Tinubu/Kashim’s endorsement and was seconded by thunderous voices of party loyalists.

“Let me also put the motion to a voice vote. Those in support of the joint ticket of Tinubu/Kashim should say ‘Aye’,” the hall echoed in the loudest voices of “Ayes”.

Speaking at the event, the State governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, who had seek for forgiveness, while shedding tears, emphasized that Nigeria has no better ticket to support than Tinubu/Kashim’s second term bid.

He advised the stakeholders and party loyalists to prioritize unity and peace throughout the electioneering process.

“Power is something that God gives to whom he wishes. No matter how much you dislike a person, if God gives it to him, he will get it,” he said.

Zulum called on the stakeholders to remain committed to the ideals of democracy and mobilize supporters, voters to massively elect the APC.

“Already the party chairman, Hon. Bello Ayuba made this appeal and reemphasized our commitment to work for the success of the Tinubu/Kashim joint ticket in the 2027 general election,” he said.

The Governor also took his time and asked several APC stakeholders, including his Deputy, Umar Kadafur, Senator Mohammed Ndume, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, the APC Deputy National Chairman North, Ali Bukar Dalori among others on whether he has assisted them or do justice to them in the last seven years, in which, all of them admitted that the Governor has done justice and favor to all Borno people.

The state chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) Bello Ayuba, said the developmental projects put in place by governor Zulum have made campaigns easier and woo supporters of other political parties into APC.

“As I’m talking to you now, a large number of decampees from other political parties are waiting to be formally accepted into the APC,” he said. end