“2027 Election Will Be the Easiest for APC, Tinubu” — Yahaya Bello

Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has said the 2027 general elections will be the “simplest and easiest” for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu. Speaking at a political rally on Saturday in Isanlu, Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi, Bello welcomed a wave of defectors into the APC and declared that Kogi has effectively become a one-party state.

Bello stated that the defection of the minority leader of the Kogi State House of Assembly to the APC signifies the end of opposition within the state legislature. “Today, Kogi State House of Assembly is going to be one. There would be no minority leader again. The minority leader in the State House of Assembly is decamping today,” he announced.

The former governor also expressed confidence in President Tinubu’s leadership and electoral future. “By the special grace of God, come 2027, I have said it before that there is no vacancy in Aso Rock. Tinubu’s mandate was given to him by Nigerians, and they will say to him, ‘hold this mandate until 2031’,” he said.

Bello dismissed the idea of opposition coalitions gaining ground, asserting that political momentum is firmly with the APC. “Who is doing more coalition when everybody is coming to our party? The 2027 election is going to be the simplest and easiest for APC and the president,” he declared.