2027: 1m Votes From Ondo Small For Tinubu – APC-PCC

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC), has said
one million votes from Ondo state for President Bola Tinubu in next year’s presidential election will be small.

APC-PCC Director-General, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, said this in Akure, the Ondo state capital during the presidential campaign rally in the South Western state.

This was as the host govenror, Lucky Ayedatiwa promised that Ondo state “will return Mr President with a minimum of one million votes.”

However Yari said Ondo state with three ministers – Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (Interior); Dr Taiwo Oyedele (Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy); Ayodele Olawande (Youth) and other key appointments can not limit itself to one million votes for Tinubu.

“I will mention the three distinguished ministers that you have in this state. Number one, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy who controls the entire money of Nigerians.
Number two, the Minister of Interior and number three, the Minister who is in charge of the entire youth of Nigeria.

“Let me say: the Managing Director of the Bank of Industry is also from this state. Another one is Special Adviser on Energy, Oil and Gas.

“These five positions are equal to about ten ministers in Ondo state. Asiwaju is not from Ondo, but he is looking at Ondo as his home state.

“This one million votes you said, governor as the DG of the Asiwaju Presidential Campaign Council is still small. Governor, one million votes, you have to think twice,” he said.

The former Zamfara state governor noted that apart from the appointments, the state has also benefited greatly from the infrastructure drive and interventionist programmes of the Tinubu administration.

“This is what Asiwaju has done for you without touching the infrastructure, without touching the NELFUND, without touching the cash conditional transfer from the Renewed Hope. All these are the performance of Asiwaju in Ondo state alone.

“How I wish my state could become like Ondo state.
Ondo, on the 16th of January, you need to come out, youths, women and the elderly to ensure that Asiwaju wins.

“We are not looking for Asiwaju to win by a margin. We are looking for Asiwaju to get millions of votes that will give the margin for the presidency.
We count on you because Asiwaju has done his own part. We are now waiting for you to do your own part on the 16th of January, 2027, by the grace of Almighty God,” he said.

Yari thanked Ayedatiwa for the mobilisation of support and urged Ondo APC stakeholders to team up with the governor to ensure that Tinubu wins with a wide margin in Ondo.

“All this mobilisation we have seen from entering Akure to where we are today, we appreciate the leaders and we want the leaders to work together to ensure maximum votes for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he added.

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

Uzodimma who is the Chairman of Progressives Governors Forum, said all APC governors have all agreed to throw their whole weight behind the president.

“I have observed that by the last count, we have 2.4 million registered voters in Ondo state. Out of the 2.4 million votes, only 1.4 million PVCs have been collected. Your PVCs are still lying at INEC offices, very close to one million yet to be collected.

“The question is:without your PVC, how will you support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu?
I therefore urge you to go to the INEC offices and collect all your PVCs that are lying down there so that, on January 16th you will be eligible to vote. That is one.

“Number two, I have seen the enthusiasm. All the leaders in Ondo state are in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. An incredible goodwill I have seen is commendable but I think you can make the work easier if you are united, if you embrace teamwork, and if you love your neighbour as yourself.
We have to make sacrifices.

“I also want you to know that, from what I have discovered, Ondo state is like the home state of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. You all know that charity begins at home. You must come out en masse, drop all grievances, be enthusiastic, and vote massively for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he added.

Also speaking, the National Chairman of APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda said the party has presented the best candidate to Nigerians for the 2027 presidential election and urged the people of Ondo to vote for President Tinubu.

“I am here to ask a simple question, which we are also here to answer at the same time. We are here because 18 candidates have been presented as presidential candidates by 18 political parties ahead of the January 16th presidential election.

“The question is: among those 18 candidates, who has the wisdom of experience, wisdom of exposure, wisdom of preparation and wisdom of purpose? Who is the person that can take us to the next level?

“That is why today, I am here to present a candidate who is fearless. A candidate who does not run from any problem. He confronts all challenges. He has confronted the economic challenges of Nigeria, and he has stabilised the economy.

“He came when more than 31 states could not pay salaries. Today, all of them can pay salaries. Who is that person who can build our institutions? Is it not President Bola Ahmed Tinubu?

“I present the most competent ticket, the ticket that will not cut. I present to you the candidate who is more prepared, a candidate who has all the qualities of leadership that they generally need at this defining moment,” Yilwatda added.