2027: We’re Waiting For 2m Votes From Edo, Collect Your PVCs- APC

Ahead of the 2027 general election, the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC), has said it is waiting for 2 million votes from Edo state to boost President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid.

Speaking at the APC Edo state presidential campaign rally in Benin City on Thursday, Direct-General of the campaign council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, said Tinubu has the state at heart, considering the dividends of democracy his administration has brought to the heartbeat of the nation.

Yari called on the people of the South South state to come out en masse and vote the president for a second term to enable him consolidate on the achievements recorded, particularly for Edo in his first tenure.

“Edo people, the president of Nigeria is your president not because he comes from this part of the country but he has Edo in his heart. Your Governor has mentioned a lot of what has been done. Adams Oshiomhole has mentioned a lot of what has been done in Edo state.

“Therefore, we are asking Edo people to come out on the 16th of January, 2027 to vote for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to return as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he said.

Yari assured that Tinubu will in his second tenure step up the war against insecurity across the country to save lives and property.

“We have launched our manifesto in Jigawa state and the first item on the agenda is saving lives and communities. What does that mean? It means that the president in the next four years, is going to fight seriously the issue of insecurity.

“The reason why I brought this point is that I have had one of my elderly persons which I do not expect him to talk. He said, we acknowledge insecurity but we did not say what we are going to do.

“If you tell yourself the truth, you know what this government is doing in terms of keeping Nigeria safe. Where we are here, in the southern part of the country, we knew how much money has been spent to continue with oil production and also keeping the community safe,” he said.

The former Zamfara state governor noted that before President Tinubu assumed office, there was a decrease in oil production due to insecurity in the southern region but production has risen in the present dispensation.

“…Today because of the peace we have in the southern part of the country we are hitting about 1.8 million barrels per day…Asiwaju has every point to present to Nigerians to vote for him. So, this is the president that has focus, this is the president that has Nigeria in his heart.

“Edo people, we are waiting to see what the result is going to look like. By God’s grace, your governor has spoken. We are waiting for 2 million votes,” he added.

In his remarks, the APC-PCC Secretary and governor of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodimma urged the people of Edo who are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards(PVCs) to do so to be eligible to vote for Tinubu and other APC candidates.

“It is no longer news that your governor on behalf of all of you made a promise that we are expecting over 2 million votes from Edo state. To make it a reality we need to collect our Permanent Voter Cards so that when on January 16th you get to your polling unit you have to be there.

“I am encouraged by the turnout. I am encouraged by the commitment I have seen. I am encouraged by the readiness I have seen. But I urge you to collect your PVCs. If you collect your permanent voter’s card you have the weapon. The weapon we need on January 16th is the PVCs,” he said.

Uzodimma who is also the Chairman of Progressives Governors Forum, claimed that APC is the only party campaigning to Nigerians across the country directly while others are doing theirs on the social media.

“I have watched all over Nigeria, APC is the only party going around to talk to Nigerians to speak to their consciences to explain to them why Bola Tinubu must continue. Other political parties are campaigning on the social media and there is no polling unit on the social media.

“Allow them to talk to those polling units in the social media but not to the pooling unit in your community. APC is the only party respecting and obeying democracy, going around Nigeria explaining the performance of Bola Tinubu.

“Therefore vote for APC. Vote for continuity of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Vote for all our candidates and when you do this stand on the mandate of Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he added.