‘I’ll be President for four years’ – Makinde tells APM North-East meeting
The presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has said he plans to reset Nigeria through a government that would last just four years.
Makinde, the current governor of Oyo State, said in Yola on Saturday that he would serve as president for only four years, after which he expected presidential power to return to the North.
He spoke at a North-East town hall meeting organised by the party in Yola, attended by APM leaders and candidates from the six states of the North-East. He stressed that his administration would transfer power to the North after four years.
“I want to assure you that the government we will put in place from May 2027 will be a transitional government of national unity,” Makinde declared, stressing, “It will not last beyond four years.”
“My promise to you is we will be sincere in finding solutions to our problems. We will listen to you because solutions can come from anywhere,” the APM presidential candidate said.
Also speaking at the town hall meeting, the party’s national leader, Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, described Makinde as one of Nigeria’s best brains.
“We in the North East have the numbers to influence who becomes president of Nigeria. The North East will vote massively for you,” Bala Mohammed told Makinde.
The APM governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Abdulrahman Haske, also said he and his fellow governorship candidates across the six North-East states would work to mobilise votes for Makinde and the party’s candidates contesting other positions.
