Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna State, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) would consider it a failure if any opposition candidate secures 25 percent of the votes in the state during the 2027 general election.
Gatekeepers News reports that Sani made the remark during an interview with TVC on Sunday, expressing confidence that Kaduna would deliver an overwhelming majority of its votes to President Bola Tinubu.
“In Kaduna State, allowing any candidate to even get 25 percent of the votes is a failure on our side,” the governor said.
He attributed his confidence to projects and interventions by the federal government in the state over the past three and a half years, arguing that residents should reciprocate the administration’s efforts by voting massively for Tinubu in 2027.
Sani recalled that Nentawe Yilwatda, the APC national chairman, had projected that the North would deliver 70 percent of its votes to Tinubu, adding that he expected Kaduna to perform even better.
The governor also praised Tinubu for handing over Ahmadu Bello Stadium to the Kaduna State Government, saying plans were underway to reconstruct the facility into a 33,000-capacity stadium that meets FIFA standards.
He further cited the reconstruction of the 123-kilometre Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road, which he said had been abandoned for more than 40 years. According to him, N178 billion had been released for the project.
Sani also commended the president for the ongoing reconstruction of the Zaria-Soba-Kambuwa Road and the proposed Kaduna metropolitan light rail project.
He said $865 million had been approved for the rail project, while China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, the contractor, had received $300 million in mobilisation funds.
The governor also highlighted the expansion of federal higher education institutions in the state, saying Kaduna now had four federal universities.
Among the institutions he listed were the upgraded Federal University of Education, Zaria; the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia; and the proposed Shehu Musa Yar’Adua University of Petroleum Studies in Kaduna. He also cited the conversion of Kaduna Polytechnic into a federal university of technology.
Sani maintained that the federal government’s interventions should encourage residents to support Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
Sani Faults Opposition Campaign Strategies
The governor also criticised opposition parties, accusing them of concentrating on social media attacks against the APC instead of engaging voters through campaign rallies and town hall meetings.
He said the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) was reaching out to voters through town hall meetings but questioned the campaign activities of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
“If you are campaigning to win elections, you have to go out and meet with the people,” Sani said.
“The only party that I see reaching out through town hall meetings, other than our party, is probably APM. I’m surprised. I have seen them going round. But you cannot say the same with ADC and NDC.”
Sani further accused opposition parties of relying on artificial intelligence and manipulated images to attack the ruling party on social media rather than engaging voters directly.
“We are the only party that is reaching out, talking to the people. So, whether the opposition decides to come together or not, it’s not our business,” he said.
