{"id":15972,"date":"2026-11-12T14:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/2027-ondo-ex-lawmakers-target-1m-votes-for-tinubu\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T14:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:46:07","slug":"2027-ondo-ex-lawmakers-target-1m-votes-for-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/2027-ondo-ex-lawmakers-target-1m-votes-for-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Ondo ex-lawmakers target 1m votes for Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Forum of Former House of Assembly Members in Ondo State has pledged to mobilise at least one million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the forthcoming January elections, following the turnout at the All Progressives Congress presidential mega rally in Akure.\n<\/p>\n<p>The former lawmakers described the rally as unprecedented in the political history of the state, commending residents for their participation and expressing appreciation to Vice-President Kashim Shettima and other APC leaders who attended the event.\n<\/p>\n<p>The forum also praised the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, for his role in mobilising party members across the state for the rally.\n<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Thursday and jointly signed by its Chairman, Olumide Araoyinbo, and Public Relations Officer, Tayo Abidakun, the forum said the turnout demonstrated residents\u2019 solidarity and commitment to the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Honourable Minister of Interior, Hon. (Dr.) Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has demonstrated that he is indeed a leader. His effort at mobilising APC members across the state to welcome the dignitaries that attended the rally is unmatched,\u201d the forum stated.<\/p>\n<p>The group said the participation of party members, supporters and residents reflected confidence in Tinubu\u2019s leadership and support for his Renewed Hope Agenda. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It added that its members had resolved to contribute to the party\u2019s mobilisation efforts ahead of the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs good citizens of our dear state and loyal members of our great party, the APC, we have made up our mind to work hard and ensure that we achieve the target of one-million votes for President Tinubu in Ondo state.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The forum urged residents to sustain their support for the President, citing what it described as his achievements and interventions across various sectors.\n<\/p>\n<p>It said Tinubu\u2019s policies and programmes demonstrated his commitment to national development, economic transformation and improved living standards.\n<\/p>\n<p>The former lawmakers also reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the APC and mobilising grassroots support for the President, expressing optimism that the unity displayed at the Akure rally would translate into electoral support for the party.\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Forum of Former House of Assembly Members in Ondo State has pledged to mobilise at least one million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the forthcoming January elections, following&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15972","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=15972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}