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Abdulaziz Yari predicts Tinubu’s re-election in 2027

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Abdulaziz Yari, director-general of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, predicts Bola Tinubu’s re-election in Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election. He told journalists in Mecca that the 2023 victory would be repeated, according to Daily Post Nigeria, after a prayer dedicated to the election.

Abdulaziz Yari, Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, the ruling party in Nigeria, has predicted President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. He told journalists in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, that God, who gave Tinubu victory in 2023, would grant it to him again, the Nigerian daily Daily Post reports.

The statement adds to calls for Tinubu’s re-election made in recent days by Nigerian politicians and groups. The APC is relying in particular on the president’s record, while South-East governors have also called for him to be returned to office.

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