Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State have pledged to mobilise at least 1.5 million votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in the 2027 presidential election.
The pledge was made during the inauguration of a political support group, Asiwaju Kano for Asiwaju Jagaban (AKA), established to mobilise support for Tinubu and other APC candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The stakeholders, led by Leke Abejide, also inaugurated coordinators across the 44 local government areas of Kano State as part of efforts to strengthen the group’s grassroots mobilisation structure.
According to a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, the initiative is particularly focused on mobilising non-indigenes residing in Kano State to support and vote for President Tinubu, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and other APC candidates in the forthcoming elections.
Speaking at the inauguration, the Chairman of the AKA Planning Committee, Ekundayo Emmanuel, said the group was committed to securing at least 1.5 million votes from non-indigenes across the state.
“Today, we are inaugurating coordinators across all 44 local government areas. Our responsibility is to mobilise at least one million five hundred thousand votes from non-indigenes residing across Kano State for President Tinubu, our esteemed governor and leader, the people’s governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, popularly known as Abba Gida Gida, as well as all APC candidates in the state,” he stated.
Emmanuel added that the group was established to promote the political vision of President Tinubu and Governor Yusuf, noting that structures had already been put in place to achieve its mobilisation target.
Also speaking, the Kano State Coordinator of AKA, Hon. Seyi Olorunsola, commended Abejide, a member of the House of Representatives representing Yagba East and Yagba West Federal Constituency of Kogi State, for returning to Kano, which he described as his place of origin, to contribute to the welfare of residents.
Olorunsola disclosed that Abejide had recently empowered more than 300,000 people in Kano State, including nearly 5,000 widows, through various humanitarian interventions.
According to him, beneficiaries received ₦50,000 each, alongside bags of rice and wrappers.
He described Abejide’s intervention as commendable, arguing that other politicians who had attained prominent positions through their connections to Kano had not undertaken similar initiatives to support communities in the state.
He further said Abejide’s decision to return to Kano and support residents demonstrated his commitment to giving back to his roots.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Yoruba Community in Kano, Olajide Johnson Ogunleye, who spoke on behalf of the Yoruba community and other ethnic groups, urged members to embrace the mobilisation exercise as a collective responsibility.
Ogunleye called on community members to take the message to their respective communities and work towards securing support for APC candidates in the 2027 elections.
“It is a duty and a call to action for every one of us to ensure that this vision becomes achievable. We must all see it as a task before us. We know the vision, and it is now time for each of us to communicate it to the people around us,” he said.
