In Nigeria, Makinde predicts a national APM victory in 2027
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo and the APM’s presidential candidate, says the 2027 election will be a referendum on the ruling APC. At the campaign launch on Saturday in Oyo, south-western Nigeria, he promises a national victory, according to a statement from his media adviser.
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State and the candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) in Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, predicted on Saturday a national victory for his party over the APC, the party in power. He presented the 2027 vote as a sanction against the APC at the official launch of the presidential campaign and of the APM’s campaigns for the Oyo State governorship elections, according to a statement from his special adviser on media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju.
Makinde called on APM members and officials to step up mobilisation in constituencies and local authorities. He said voters in Oyo State would strongly back his party in the elections scheduled for 16 January and 6 February 2027, and he presented good governance and prosperity as the main themes of his campaign.
Bimbo Adekanmbi, the APM candidate for governor of Oyo State, praised Makinde’s record as head of the state. He said the results achieved in Oyo could serve as a basis for Makinde’s presidential candidacy, and said he was ready to continue the state’s development policies.
Makinde’s campaign follows Nigerian opposition party APM picks Seyi Makinde against Tinubu in 2027, on 24 August, and Nigerian presidential election: Makinde calls to drive out “oppressors” of the APC, on 9 November.
