Northerners will back Tinubu for second term in 2027 – Yakasai
The Director-General of the Tinubu Support Group (TSG), Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has said that northerners will support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in the 2027 general elections.
Yakasai made the statement on Thursday in Akure during the inauguration of the Ondo State chapter of the Tinubu Support Group, where Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa was decorated as the group’s Grand Patron.
He explained that the North owed President Tinubu moral support because of his political alliance with the region in past elections.
“If Asiwaju supported Buhari in 2017 and repeated the same feat with success in 2023, it has become a moral imperative for all of us northerners to reciprocate. It is an honour for us to be morally conscious, morally right, and support his second-term bid,” Yakasai said.
He also dismissed criticisms of President Tinubu from some northern figures, calling them insignificant.
“If you hear a few voices claiming to oppose President Tinubu, they are mostly people fingered in corruption, fraud, or those who have not found space in government. They represent an infinitesimal fraction of the electorate,” he said.
Yakasai added that the Tinubu Support Group remains the umbrella body coordinating all pro-Tinubu movements nationwide.
“TSG has served and will continue to serve as the coordinating platform for all groups working to promote the Tinubu presidency and secure his re-election,” he noted.
The TSG Director-General in Ondo State, Prince Ademola Adegoroye, called on residents and political groups to rally behind the Tinubu administration.
Adegoroye, a former Minister of Transport, said Ondo State had gained several federal projects under President Tinubu’s leadership.
He mentioned projects such as the Akure–Ado Road, Ore–Akure Road, Lagos–Calabar Superhighway, Ilesha–Benin Road via Owo and Ose LGAs, Ekiti–Akoko Road, FUTA Teaching Hospital, and the College of Aviation.
He added that these projects, along with Governor Aiyedatiwa’s achievements, would form a strong campaign base for 2027.
Responding, Governor Aiyedatiwa praised the group, describing its members as “movers and shakers of Ondo politics.”
He said their participation in TSG would make mobilising support for the President’s re-election easier and promised that Ondo State would play a major role in ensuring continuity for the Tinubu administration.