The President said the party was targeting 1.2 million votes from the state\u2019s 1.8 million registered voters who had collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), out of about 2.1 million registered voters.<\/p>\n
Tinubu also took a swipe at his major political opponents, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, questioning their political strength and capacity to lead the country.\n<\/p>\n
He described the large turnout at the Akure rally as evidence of the APC\u2019s grassroots support, contrasting it with what he called the opposition\u2019s reliance on social media platforms for political mobilisation.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cLooking at the rally today in Ondo, it is shut down. Our political opponents are conducting rallies on Instagram and Facebook,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
The President also questioned Atiku\u2019s political influence in his home state of Adamawa, alleging that he lacked the support and political alignment of notable leaders in the state.\n<\/p>\n
He similarly dismissed Obi\u2019s political standing in Anambra State, arguing that the former governor did not enjoy the backing of influential former and serving political leaders from the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat you have the ability to import cheap wine from South Africa does not mean you can govern Nigeria,\u201d Tinubu said in a jibe at Obi, insisting that his administration had performed better and deserved another mandate.\n<\/p>\n
Read also:\u00a02027: Wike offers councillors N10m each to deliver wards for Tinubu, APC<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n In his welcome address, Aiyedatiwa pledged that Ondo State would deliver at least one million votes for Tinubu, attributing the commitment to the benefits the state had received from the President\u2019s administration.\n<\/p>\n He said the Federal Government\u2019s policies and reforms had translated into development opportunities for the state, citing the appointment of three ministers and other prominent federal office holders from Ondo State.\n<\/p>\n However, the Director-General of the Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council, Abdullaziz Yari, argued that the President deserved more than the one million votes promised by the governor, considering the benefits accruing to the state under his administration.<\/p>\n Yari urged APC leaders and other stakeholders to put aside their differences and work together to secure maximum electoral support for Tinubu in January.\n<\/p>\n Similarly, the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, urged eligible voters who had yet to collect their PVCs to do so, stressing that the party\u2019s ambitious electoral target could only be achieved through effective mobilisation.\n<\/p>\n Uzodimma also appealed to the different political tendencies within the APC to close ranks and avoid internal disagreements that could undermine the party\u2019s electoral fortunes.\n<\/p>\n The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, reinforced the call for unity, disclosing that Tinubu had specifically directed all APC leaders in Ondo State to recognise Aiyedatiwa as the sole coordinator of the presidential campaign in the state.\n<\/p>\n Read also:\u00a02027: Tinubu seeks lion share of Ekiti votes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n According to him, the President also expects the governor to accommodate all party leaders and give them a sense of belonging in the campaign.\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe appeal of Mr President is that all our leaders should recognise that there is only one state coordinator for this campaign. The state coordinator for this campaign is the governor of the state, and everybody must work with him.\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe President also asked me to emphasise to the state coordinator, Governor Aiyedatiwa, that he also must open his doors to all the leaders of the party to work with him,\u201d Bamidele said.<\/p>\n Source: <\/p>\n President Bola Tinubu has raised the stakes for Ondo State ahead of the January 16, 2027 presidential election, urging voters to deliver at least 1.2 million votes for his re-election,… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Related News<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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