Tinubu’s Re-election: Ondo, Gombe Get Tompolo’s Vehicles For Grassroots Mobilisation

As political parties commence campaigns ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Grand Patron of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) Door-to-Door Movement, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has provided 52 vehicles to support grassroots mobilisation for the President’s re-election bid in Ondo and Gombe states.

The vehicles were presented at separate events in Akure and Gombe today during the inauguration of local government coordinators of the movement, with each state receiving 26 vehicles.

Represented by the managing director of Tantita Security Services Limited, Kestin Pondi, Tompolo urged the coordinators to engage voters through door-to-door campaigns across communities, local government areas, religious institutions and other public spaces.

Speaking in Akure, Pondi urged the coordinators to work towards converting the movement’s reported two million registered supporters into votes for Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.

He said the vehicles would enable campaign teams to reach communities across Ondo State, including remote areas and riverine settlements, to communicate the administration’s policies and activities.

Pondi cited fuel availability, the suspension of university strikes, and the payment of salaries and pensions as issues the coordinators should highlight during their engagements with voters. He urged them to encourage residents to support the President in 2027.

At the event in Gombe, Pondi said the movement had inaugurated its state chapter and provided vehicles to support its mobilisation activities.

The governors of Ondo and Gombe States, Lucky Aiyedatiwa and Inuwa Yahaya, respectively, thanked Tompolo and the movement for providing the vehicles and other campaign materials.

Both governors expressed support for Tinubu’s re-election bid and described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as united ahead of the 2027 election. They also expressed confidence in the party’s prospects in their respective states.

In Akure, Aiyedatiwa said Ondo State remained committed to supporting Tinubu, adding that the vehicles would improve mobility and help campaign coordinators reach communities across the state.

The governor said , “Ondo State is for Asiwaju. That’s where we stand. So, let me thank the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement for the donation of these vehicles that would ease mobility and ensure that our coordinators reach every part of this state.”

In Gombe, Yahaya highlighted an agricultural development programme targeting farmers, herders, processors and young people engaged in agricultural activities. He said the initiative was receiving support through a N130 billion grant approved by the Tinubu administration. Tinubu and Tompolo’s vehicles for grassroots mobilisation in Ondo and Gombe.

He said, “Gomve State is implementing an agricultural development programme targeting farmers, herders, processors and young people engaged in agricultural activities, with support from a N130 billion grant approved by President Bola Tinubu for the initiative.”

The national coordinator of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, Sunday Asuku, urged residents of Ondo and Gombe states to support Tinubu, citing what he described as the administration’s development initiatives across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones.

Asuku pointed to the establishment of regional development commissions and the restoration of financial autonomy to local governments as measures he said demonstrated the administration’s commitment to inclusive governance.

He also urged voters not to be swayed by opposition parties and called on residents of Gombe State to support Tinubu for a second term.