The political drumbeats for 2027 just grew louder in Abuja as Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas put the full weight of the National Assembly behind President Bola Tinubu’s bid for a second term. Flanked by principal officers from both chambers, Akpabio strode into the State House banquet hall during Wednesday’s APC National Summit and set the tone with a blunt declaration: “If this President had failed, it would have been our duty to serve him an impeachment notice. Instead, Nigerians can see the turnaround—so we are sending him back to Aso Rock.”
Akpabio’s words drew a roar from party stalwarts as he formally moved that Tinubu emerge the All Progressives Congress flag-bearer “unopposed” in 2027. The motion was immediately seconded, not by a lone voice, but by Speaker Abbas—who rose to announce he spoke “for 109 senators, 360 representatives, 36 speakers of state assemblies and every member they lead.”
The show of unity did not stop on Capitol Hill. Moments later, Imo State governor and Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) chairman Hope Uzodimma echoed the same chorus, tabling a motion that all APC governors endorse Tinubu for re-election. Kaduna’s Uba Sani seconded without hesitation, pledging that every governor in the forum would “mobilise every resource, every ward, every polling unit” to deliver victory.
Uzodimma praised what he called Tinubu’s “difficult decisions done well”—a nod to currency and fuel-subsidy reforms—and promised the president a clean sweep in the states come 2027. That vow carries weight: earlier this month, North-Central governors passed their own vote of confidence in Tinubu’s leadership, citing accelerated infrastructure projects and an inclusive cabinet.
For Akpabio, the messaging was clear: 2023 may have been a bruising fight, but 2027 will be a coronation. “In 2023,” he told delegates, “the climb was steep. In 2027, the path is clear.” Abbas struck a similar note, describing Tinubu as the only candidate capable of sustaining economic recovery and national cohesion.
With the National Assembly’s gavel and the governors’ mandate now firmly behind him, President Tinubu heads into the mid-term stretch not as a leader watching his flank, but as the presumptive standard-bearer of a party determined to keep the keys to Aso Rock for another four years.
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