The agitation for Nigeria’s top leadership seat intensified over the weekend as the North-Central Renaissance Movement (NCRM) demanded that the presidency be ceded to the zone in 2027, warning that any political party that ignores the call will pay at the polls.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is going to be a one-term president.
A prominent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in the North West, Hon. Aminu Bala Wudilawa, has declared that former presidential candidate, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, is the only contender with the competence, credibility, and national spread to win votes across the North and South in 2027.
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has begun high-level consultations ahead of a fresh bid for the presidency in 2027, with an announcement on his political platform expected in November.
Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim is enjoying growing goodwill in Kaduna, the heartbeat of Northern politics, as the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edward Percy Masha, declared that only a coalition led by the PDP can successfully unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections.
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has formally aligned with the long-held position of technocrat and politician, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, by declaring that its zoning arrangement will not prevent aspirants from other regions from contesting the presidential ticket in 2027.
Dele Momodu has accused the ruling party of stifling the opposition, claiming the All Progressives Congress (APC) is jittery ahead of the 2027 general election.
The agitation against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s zoning arrangement gained fresh momentum during the week as stakeholders in Osun and Lagos States staged rallies, declaring the zoning formula “null and void” and adopting business leader and ideological politician, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, as their preferred candidate.
The city of Jos came alive on Wednesday as thousands of supporters of the former presidential candidate and frontline PDP chieftain, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, staged a massive procession to the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State to reject the party’s zoning arrangement ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that 2,532,062 Nigerians have pre-registered online in the first two weeks of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.
