Soludo: Tinubu is APGA’s Candidate for 2027 — We’re Targeting 50% of Votes for Him

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has adopted President Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the 2027 presidential election.

Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra state and national leader of APGA, announced the decision on Friday in Awka during the inauguration of the party’s national campaign for the 2027 general election.

Soludo said Tinubu had demonstrated love and concern for the south-east, particularly the people of Anambra.

He also recalled that Tinubu appointed several indigenes of the state to strategic positions in Lagos state when he was governor.

“APGA has no presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections and will, therefore, adopt President Tinubu as its preferred candidate,” he said.

“Today, we adopt the APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as our candidate.

“APGA had adopted the presidential candidate of the ruling party in previous elections; therefore, the party’s decision to support Tinubu in 2027 general elections is a continuation of that political arrangement.

“We don’t have a presidential candidate; Tinubu is our candidate.”

Soludo said Anambra recorded about 5,000 votes for Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election but added that the president had continued to address some of the challenges facing the state and the south-east.

The governor urged residents of Anambra to support Tinubu in 2027, saying the move would give the state and the south-east greater leverage to engage with the federal government on development issues.

“We need to vote for him in order to sit with the government at the centre and negotiate for the development of the south-east and Anambra,” he said.

“We are targeting 50 percent for the president.”

In March, TheCable reported that Soludo had urged people in the south-east not “waste” their votes on alternative candidates, arguing that the region should instead back Tinubu.

He said the political future of the Igbo remained important but suggested that the time was not yet right for the south-east to produce a president.