By: Gbenga Akingbule
Yobe State Deputy Governor, Hon. Idi Barde Gubana, on Sunday declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) will squarely defeat former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in the state in the 2027 presidential election.
Gatekeepers News reports that Hon. Gubana vowed that the APC would overturn the 2023 presidential election outcome in Yobe, where Atiku polled a total of 198,567 votes to defeat president Tinubu who secured 151,459 votes.
This was disclosed during a chat with journalists in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital where Gubana had gone to represent his boss , governor Mai Mala Buni at the just concluded North East Governors Forum (NEGF).
According to the Deputy Governor, tthe APC had strengthened its grassroots structures and already started to mobilise voters across the state for Tinubu.
Gubana, while urging APC members and supporters to remain united and intensify mobilisation at the ward, local government and state levels, revealed that the party had identified why it lost to Atiku in 2023 and had taken steps to ensure a massive grassroots campaign to mobilise votes for President Tinubu.
He said the APC had set a target of between 600,000 and one million votes for President Tinubu in Yobe State, assuring that the party would intensify its grassroots mobilisation to achieve the feat
“We have identified the mistakes that cost us the presidential election in 2023, and we are not going to repeat them. This time, we are going to the grassroots, engaging our people at the ward and local government levels and mobilising massively to deliver Yobe State for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.” The deputy governor said.
He said the APC administration at both the federal and state levels had continued to implement programmes aimed at improving the lives of Nigerians and residents of Yobe State, urging the people to support the continuity of all APC candidates in the state.
